# Chinese spies impersonate White House, Anthropic figures to phish AI policy experts

DevFeed: [Chinese spies impersonate White House, Anthropic figures to phish AI policy experts](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/chinese-spies-impersonate-white-house-anthropic-figures-to-phish-ai-policy-experts-63893.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/02/china-aligned-ta419-phishing-ai-policy-experts/>)

Author: Sinisa Markovic

Published: 2026-10-02T10:21:55Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Help Net Security](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/help-net-security.md>)

Topics: [Cloaked Ursa](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloaked-ursa.md>), [Credential theft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/credential-theft.md>), [CASB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/casb.md>), [snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/snyk.md>)

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## AI overview

Proofpoint reports that China-aligned group TA419 impersonated U.S. officials, an economist, and an Anthropic employee to target AI policy experts with credential phishing. The campaigns led targets through fake OneDrive pages to browser-in-browser login windows that captured credentials, MFA codes, and session cookies. Proofpoint says the activity likely supports efforts to monitor U.S. AI policy and regulation.

## Source excerpt

A China-aligned espionage group has been posing as a former White House official and a prominent economist to get into the cloud accounts of AI policy experts in the US, Proofpoint have found. The group, which the researchers track as TA419, ran several credential phishing campaigns in July 2026. "In July 2026, TA419 impersonated multiple individuals, including a former member of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy leadership team, in credential phishing ... More -> The post Chinese spies impersonate White House, Anthropic figures to phish AI policy experts appeared first on Help Net Security.