US, NATO and the EU say hackers affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security carried out the cyberattack.
The US has formally accused China of being behind the cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange servers that occurred back in March of this year. However, the US wasn’t alone in its condemnation of China as it was joined by NATO, the European Union and its allies Britain, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Canada. According to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the cyberattack posed “a major threat to our economic and national security”. US President Joe Biden provided further insight on the situation to reporters during an event discussing his infrastructure plan, saying: „My understanding is that the Chinese government, not unlike the Russian government, is not doing this themselves, but are protecting those who are doing it.
