Cyberattackers linked to a Chinese spy agency conducted a major ransomware attack against an American company, adding a new layer of complexity to a threat usually attributed to Russia, according to President Joe Biden’s administration.
"This was surprising to us," a senior administration official acknowledged in a media briefing Sunday on how China’s Ministry of State Security has emerged as a major cybersecurity threat. "And, in fact, one of the reasons that we've put so much work into this attribution is because it really gave us new insights on the MSS's work and on the kind of aggressive behavior that we're seeing coming out of China."
China is also responsible for the Microsoft Exchange hack, detected in March, that affected "tens of thousands of computers around the world," according to the official.
The scale and severity of those hacks spurred a chorus of American allies to join U.S. officials in condemning Beijing’s behavior, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — a milestone in American efforts to rally the transatlantic allies against threats emanating from the Chinese Communist regime.
"This was NATO's first public attribution to China of this kind of malicious cyberactivity," the senior administration official said. "So, we think we're at that first important stage of bringing awareness and buy-in to this attribution, and focusing us together on our collective security efforts, promoting network defense, and other actions needed to disrupt these threats.".....snip~
US and allies blame China's spy agency for 'really eye-opening' cyberattacks | Washington Examiner
Its clear that China is way more sophisticated than the Russians at hacking.
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