Beijing Linked to 2 ‘Malicious Cyber Campaigns’ on Electoral Commission, Parliamentarians

Hackers affiliated with the Chinese communist regime were responsible for two “malicious cyber campaigns” on the Electoral Commission and against parliamentarians, the deputy prime minister has said. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons on Monday that “actors affiliated with the Chinese state” were involved in “malicious cyber activity,” specifically the Electoral Commission hack and a campaign of online “reconnaissance” aimed at the email accounts of MPs and peers. In response, the UK is sanctioning a front company and two individuals involved with the Chinese regime-affiliated hacking group, APT31. “The cyber threat posed by China-affiliated actors is real and it is serious,” Mr. Dowden said. “But it is more than equalled by our determination and resolve to resist it. That is how we defend ourselves and our precious democracy.”...