US and British officials have filed charges, imposed sanctions, and called out Beijing over a sweeping cyber-espionage campaign that allegedly hit millions of people and Foreign Minister Penny Wong has described as 'malicious' and 'unacceptable'.
The US and UK say China is behind a worldwide cyber-espionage campaign that has affected millions of people.
US and British officials have filed charges, imposed sanctions, and called out Beijing over a sweeping cyber-espionage campaign that allegedly hit millions of people, including politicians, academics and journalists. Officials in London accused APT31 of hacking UK politicians critical of China and said that a second group of Chinese spies was behind the hack of Britain's electoral watchdog that separately compromised the data of millions more people.Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia joined the international community in "expressing serious concerns about malicious cyber activities by China state-backed actors", noting Australia had not been affected by the latest alleged attacks.
Chinese diplomats in London and Washington dismissed the allegations as unwarranted and lacking "valid evidence". The Chinese embassy in London called the charges "completely fabricated and malicious slanders". China has also in recent years begun to call out alleged Western hacking operations. For example, last year, the Ministry of State of Security claimed said the US National Security Agency had repeatedly penetrated Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei Technologies.Prosecutors listed numerous unnamed victims around the globe who they said were targeted by APT31, but several stand out in the US indictment.
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