NATO joins condemnation of ‘malicious’ China cyber hacking NATO joins condemnation of ‘malicious’ China cyber hacking WORLD: NATO joined the United States yesterday (July 19) in accusing Beijing of carrying out a massive hack of Microsoft as the US charged four Chinese nationals and rallied allies in rare joint condemnation of “malicious” cyber activity from China. Tuesday 20 July 2021, 09:48AM The United States has formally accused cyber actors affiliated to China’s Ministry of State Security of conducting the massive Microsoft Exchange Server hack disclosed in March. Photo: AFP file In comments likely to further strain worsening relations between Washington and Beijing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the March hack of Microsoft Exchange, a top email server for corporations around the world, was part of a “pattern of irresponsible, disruptive and destabilizing behavior in cyberspace, which poses a major threat to our economic and national security.”