Els Van Hoof, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Belgian Federal Parliament, told the media on April 25 that Chinese communist spies had hacked into her laptop as early as 2021.
This is the latest incident of the Chinese regime’s espionage activities in Europe.
Ms. Van Hoof, a member of the Flemish Christian Democrats, told Belgian public broadcaster VRT on April 25 that she had discovered the cyberattack through an FBI report last month, three years after it occurred.
The FBI report—which noted that Chinese cyber spies had hacked Ms. Van Hoof’s laptop through an email—was part of a lawsuit against seven Chinese nationals who were accused of spying on U.S. citizens and members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)….
Belgian Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Says She Was Hacked by CCP Spies
