UK Government Accused of Downplaying Chinese Cyberattacks

The UK government has been accused of downplaying the impact of cyberattacks from China after hackers targeted a group of lawmakers critical of Beijing. On March 25, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden announced sanctions against two Chinese hackers from the state-affiliated APT31 group over attacks against the UK’s electoral system and Parliament. The action was taken in coordination with the United States, which sanctioned seven people from the group. Luke de Pulford, executive director of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), pointed to discrepancies in information published by the UK and the United States, saying only five parliamentarians were briefed while 43 Parliament emails were affected, and that Mr. Dowden failed to mentioned IPAC members had been targeted by the hackers....