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The UK announced sanctions against individuals and a front company linked to a Chinese hacking group.
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The UK announced sanctions against individuals and a front company linked to a Chinese hacking group.
Chinese state affiliated hackers were responsible for two malicious cyber-attack campaigns targeting UK parliamentarians and democratic institutions, Oliver Dowden told the Commons. The Deputy Prime Minister said that the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, had identified a Chinese state-affiliated hacking group responsible for infiltrating the IT systems of the UK Electoral Commission between 2021 and 2023. A Chinese state-affiliated group, known as APT31 also conducted reconnaissance activities against UK Parliamentarians in a separate campaign in 2021, Dowden revealed...
The UK announced sanctions against individuals and a front company linked to a Chinese hacking group.
The UK announced sanctions against individuals and a front company linked to a Chinese hacking group.
The UK announced sanctions against individuals and a front company linked to a Chinese hacking group.