Germany says China was behind a 2021 cyberattack on a government agency and summons its ambassador
- An investigation found that "Chinese state actors" were behind a 2021 cyberattack on Germany's national office for cartography, officials in Berlin announced.
- The Chinese ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, marking the first protest of this kind in decades.
- Interior Minister Nancy Faeser warned that this cyberattack threatens Germany's digital sovereignty and called for China to prevent such actions.
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Germany Accuses China of Cyberattack on Government Agency
German officials said Wednesday that the country’s intelligence services have determined that Chinese state-sponsored hackers were responsible for a “severe” cyberattack on a federal agency in 2021 for the purpose of espionage. The Chinese cyberattack targeted Germany’s federal cartography agency (BKG), which plays a key role for many government and private entities, including in the critical infrastructure sector, according to a July 31 stateme…
German Foreign Ministry representative Sebastian Fischer said that the Foreign Office is calling in the Chinese ambassador due to a cyber attack in 2021 on the mapping agency of the German government. This is the first such case since 1989, when a Chinese ambassador was summoned in Germany, reports DW. Fischer said that the attack was carried out by "Chinese state actors". The target was the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy in Frankfur…
For the first time since the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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