Suspected Chinese spies spoofed an Anthropic exec, ex-White House official in AI phishing

A China-aligned espionage group, TA419, impersonated AI policy experts including an Anthropic executive and a former White House official to conduct phishing campaigns targeting US AI policy experts at universities, think tanks, and law firms. These campaigns aimed to steal Microsoft 365 credentials via sophisticated attacker-in-the-middle phishing pages, continuing ongoing Chinese intelligence efforts focused on US AI policy and technology.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI & ML, and 8 sources have reported it between 1 Oct 2026 and 6 Oct 2026.