US Manufacturing Group Hacked by China Amid Trade Talks: Sources

US Manufacturing Group Hacked by China Amid Trade Talks: Sources
A U.S. flag flies on a U.S. consulate car with the backdrop of buildings in the Lujiazui financial district, outside a hotel where U.S. trade negotiators are staying in Shanghai, China, on July 31, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—As trade talks between Washington and Beijing intensified earlier this year, suspected Chinese hackers broke into an industry group for U.S. manufacturers that has helped shape President Donald Trump’s trade policies, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) was hacked over the summer and hired a cybersecurity firm, which concluded the attack came from China, the two sources said.