New Zealand Accuses China of Sponsoring Cyberattacks

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The minister in charge of the New Zealand government’s Office of Communications Security, Andrew Little, openly accused China of funding malicious cyber activities via a gang called APT40, according to Teiss. 

In a statement posted on the New Zealand government’s official website, Little said the government clearly linked the Chinese Minister of State Security (MSS) to a hacking group called APT40 or Hafnium. The latter is known to be behind the recent cyberattack that targeted vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange global system. 

Little added that a solid technical attribution process established the links between APT40 and MSS and left little doubt as to who was behind the malicious act. He further noted that New Ze…

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