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London, United Kingdom — The UK on Monday accused Beijing-backed groups of targeting “democratic institutions and parliamentarians” in two “malicious” cyber campaigns, unveiling sanctions and summoning China’s ambassador.
Dowden said an unnamed “Chinese state-affiliated entity” likely “compromised” UK Electoral Commission systems, but he insisted election security was not affected. Two individuals and one company linked to the Chinese-backed group suspected of orchestrating the campaign — APT31 — have been hit with sanctions over the latter case.Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith, one of the targeted lawmakers, said Beijing should be labelled a threat to the UK.
Dowden said the cyberattacks were “the latest in a clear pattern of hostile activity originating in China”. Late Monday, New Zealand also revealed its parliamentary system was hacked into by a Chinese state-backed group in 2021. New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he had instructed diplomats to “speak today to the Chinese Ambassador, to lay out our position and express our concerns”.The UK has for several years been at loggerheads with Beijing over crackdowns on civil and human rights in China and the former British colony Hong Kong.
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