Chinese Hackers Likely Got MPs’ Personal Emails From Volunteer Tortured in China, Committee Told

Luke de Pulford, executive director of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, speaks during an interview in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 27, 2024. AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist reportedly tortured in China may have been the source through which China-backed hackers accessed personal emails of Canadian parliamentarians, a global legislative coalition director told a House of Commons committee.

Luke de Pulford, executive director of the global coalition Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), made the comment on Sept. 26 in response to a question from Conservative MP Garnett Genuis during his testimony before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.