US blames China for hacks, opening new front in cyber offensive

[dalton99a]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/politics/us-china-cyber-offensive/index.html

US blames China for hacks, opening new front in cyber offensive
By Kevin Liptak, CNN
Updated 8:30 AM ET, Mon July 19, 2021

In a coordinated announcement, the White House and governments in Europe and Asia identified China's Ministry of State Security, the sprawling and secretive civilian intelligence agency, with using "criminal contract hackers" to conduct a range of destabilizing activities around the world for personal profit, including the Microsoft hack, according to a senior US administration official.

The public disclosure of the Chinese efforts amounts to a new front in an ongoing offensive by the Biden administration to bat away cyberthreats that have exposed serious vulnerabilities in major American sectors, including energy and food production. The extent of Chinese involvement in hiring criminal networks to invade and extort money around the world came as a surprise to the White House, officials said.

In addition to the United States, the other countries included in the Five Eyes intelligence sharing collective — the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada — will make similar announcements accusing China of engaging in "irresponsible and destabilizing behavior in cyberspace."

Japan and the European Union will also join the announcement, as will NATO, which is the first time the defense bloc will publicly condemn China's cyber activities.

[Turbineguy]

1. Now why would the Chinese hack the U.S. after

they fixed the election so Biden would get in?

Wingnut logic?