New Zealand and China clash after west condemns ‘malicious’ cyber activity Tess McClure in Christchurch © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Ben Mckay/AAP
New Zealand has joined western allies in a stinging condemnation of China, accusing the government of responsibility for hacking attacks.
Andrew Little, minister for the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), said on Monday night that New Zealand had established links between Chinese state-sponsored actors and malicious cyber activity in New Zealand.
The Chinese embassy in New Zealand on Tuesday dismissed the condemnation as a “malicious smear”, and urged the country to “abandon the cold war mentality”.
Earlier, Little said in a statement: “New Zealand joins international condemnation of the exploitation of the Microsoft Exchange platform by Chinese state-sponsored actors, and the widespread and reckless sharing of the vulnerability, which led to other cyber actors’ exploita
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