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Sydney, Australia, Jul 20 (EFE).- Australia and New Zealand have joined the United States, the European Union, NATO and other members of the international community in accusing China of “malicious cyber activities,” including March’s global Microsoft cyberattack
Australia called on all countries, including China, to “act responsibly in cyberspace.”
“The Australian Government has determined that China’s Ministry of State Security exploited vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange software to affect thousands of computers and networks worldwide, including in Australia,” said Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews, Defense Minister Peter Dutton and Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne in a joint statement late Monday.
19 July 2021
OTTAWA – Canada joined the United States and other allies on Monday in blaming China for a massive cyberattack that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world earlier this year.
The attack saw hackers exploit weaknesses in Microsoft Exchange email servers, with the federal government estimating 400,000 servers were compromised before the online assault and server vulnerabilities were revealed in March.
“This activity put several thousand Canadian entities at risk – a risk that persists in some cases even when patches from Microsoft have been applied,” Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said in the statement.
Norway says cyber attack on parliament carried out from China
FILE PHOTO: Norway s Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide talks to the media outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs due the Norwegian government believing that Russia is behind a cyber attack on the Norwegian Parliament, in Oslo, Norway October 13, 2020. Orn E. Borgen/NTB/via REUTERS
July 19, 2021
By Nora Buli
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway said on Monday that a March 10 cyber attack on parliament’s e-mail system was carried out from China, calling on authorities there to take steps to prevent such activities.
“The cyber attack in March compromised the e-mail systems of our most important democratic institution. We will always react to these types of intrusions,” Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said in a statement emailed to Reuters.
The US said hackers tied to China s government exploited vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange Server. - Reuters
WASHINGTON (The Straits Times/ANN): The United States on Monday (July 19) accused China of using “contract hackers” in a pattern of irresponsible, disruptive and destabilising behaviour in cyberspace that posed a major threat to economic and national security in many countries.
Between 2011 and 2018, the campaign allegedly targeted victims in the United States, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland and Britain, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in its indictment.
Targeted industries included aviation, defence, education, government, health care, biopharmaceutical and maritime, the DOJ said.