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- Chile halted the 12,000-mile cable to Hong Kong after a senior U.S. Embassy official warned of cyber-attack risks.
- The official told Guillermo Petersen at Chile’s telecommunications ministry that proceeding could raise the risk of Chinese cyberattacks.
- He also said the United States would impose travel bans on the Chilean officials involved and their spouses and children.
- Claudio Araya, then Chile’s telecommunications under secretary, called the warning “basically a threat.”
