UK and US accuse China of ‘malicious’ global cyber attacks

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Officials in Britain and the US on Monday filed charges and imposed sanctions on alleged spies linked to the APT31 hacking group.

The UK and the United States have accused China of a global campaign of “malicious” cyber attacks in an unprecedented joint operation to reveal Beijing’s espionage.

The “prolific global hacking operation”, backed by the Chinese government, sought to “repress critics of the Chinese regime, compromise government institutions, and steal trade secrets,” US deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco said. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden telling the Commons Beijing was to blame for a cyberattack on the Electoral Commission

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said the actions were “completely unacceptable” and he had raised the issue with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

 

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