Chinese Embassy claims hacker responsible for retweeting Trump tweet

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The Chinese Embassy Twitter account claimed they were hacked on Dec. 9, after the account retweeted a claim from President Trump alleging Democrats cheated in the 2020 election.

“The Chinese Embassy twitter account was hacked this afternoon and we condemn such an act. For clarification, the Embassy didn’t do any retweeting on Dec.9,” the embassy said on Thursday.

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