Foreign state seen behind hack into Czech Foreign Ministry e-mail

Cyber breach: Zaoralek said the ministry's internal communication system was not affected and no confidential material was compromised, though an extensive amount of data was stolen.

PRAGUE: Hackers have breached dozens of e-mail accounts at the Czech Foreign Ministry in an attack resembling one against the US Democratic Party that the former Obama administration blamed on Russia, Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said on Tuesday.

He said he was told by experts the cyberattacks were likely conducted by a foreign state. He said the ministry's internal communication system was not affected and no confidential material was compromised, though an extensive amount of data was stolen.