On Monday, American and United Kingdom officials took action to punish the “APT13” cyberespionage group, which is believed to be an arm of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. The U.S. and the U.K. will be filing charges and imposing sanctions against seven individuals identified.
Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic accused the hacking group nicknamed “APT31” of being an arm of China’s Ministry of State Security and reeled off a laundry list of targets: White House staffers, U.S. senators, British parliamentarians, and government officials across the world who criticized of Beijing. Defense contractors, dissidents, security companies were also hit, the officials said.
In an indictment unsealed on Monday against seven of the alleged Chinese hackers involved, U.S. prosecutors in court said the hacking resulted in the confirmed or potential compromise of work accounts,…
