China hacked the FDIC - and US officials covered it up, report says. China's spies hacked into computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 2010 until 2013 -- and American government officials tried to cover it up, according to a Congressional report. The House of Representative's Science, Space and Technology Committee released its investigative report on Wednesday. Theresa May becomes new British Prime Minister. It presents the FDIC's bank regulators as technologically inept -- and deceitful. According to congressional investigators, the Chinese government hacked into 12 computers and 10 backroom servers at the FDIC, including the incredibly sensitive personal computers of the agency's top officials: the FDIC chairman, his chief of staff, and the general counsel. When congressional investigators tried to review the FDIC's cybersecurity policy, the agency hid the hack, according to the report. Investigators cited several insiders who knew about how the agency responded. For example, one of the FDIC's top lawyers told employees not to discuss the hacks via email -- so the emails wouldn't become official government records. FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg is being summoned before the Congressional committee on Thursday to explain what happened. The FDIC refused to comment. However, in a recent internal review, the agency admits that it "did not accurately portray the extent of risk" to Congress and recordkeeping "needs improvement." The FDIC claims it's now updating its policies. Theresa May struck a populist tone in her first public remarks as British Prime Minister on Wednesday, saying she planned to continue predecessor David Cameron's "true legacy" of social justice. The Conservative Party leader spoke directly to the poor, black and white working-class residents as well as women, youth and those with mental health issues, saying, "The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of a privileged few, but by yours." Her party prizes unionism, she said, and not just among England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, "but between all of our citizens, everyone, whoever we are and wherever we're from." "David Cameron has led a one-nation government, and it is in that spirit that I also plan to lead," she said. May wasted no time getting to work, naming six Cabinet members shortly after taking the nation's helm. Among them were two of her chief rivals in her bid to head the Conservative Party: members of Parliament Boris Johnson and Liam Fox. Trump sues former campaign aide.
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