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Washington: Chinese government-backed hackers have launched cyber attacks on US journalists, companies, officials and pro-democracy activists, as well as Britain's election watchdog, as the battlefield of the modern age of technology shifts from borders to economic and cyber. era, American and British officials have claimed.
Officials say hackers backed by Xi Jinping's government aim to harass Chinese government critics, steal trade secrets from American companies and spy on top leaders. New Zealand has also joined these allegations of America and Britain.
India has banned many Chinese apps due to the fear of espionage by China through its apps. Now American and British authorities have banned hackers associated with the Chinese government. US and UK officials have said that more than seven hackers, with support from the Chinese government, have targeted US and UK journalists, officials, activists and a British election monitor. A reward of 1 million dollars has also been announced for anyone providing information about these hackers. A US federal court in New York has convicted seven Chinese nationals.
He said that the purpose of this campaign, which started in 2010, was to harass critics of the Chinese government, steal classified information from American companies and spy on top leaders. This move by China will affect millions of citizens of America and Britain, because it is storing people's call records, personal emails, online storage and telephone call records.
Officials of western countries have revealed the campaign of a hacker group named 'APT31'. The US Justice Department has indicted seven hackers living in China. The British government has also sanctioned two people in connection with the breach linked to China's access to data held by the Electoral Commission on millions of its voters.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department will not tolerate efforts by the Chinese government to intimidate Americans who serve the public, silence dissidents protected by US law, or steal information from US businesses. Prosecutors said that as part of a campaign of cyber intrusions, hackers sent more than 10,000 targeted e-mails around the world that purported to be from prominent journalists but actually contained hacking code.
Britain announced in August last year that 'enemy forces' had gained access to its servers between 2021 and 2022. At the time, the Election Commission said the data included the names and addresses of its registered voters. Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said his government would summon China's ambassador over these actions. China's Foreign Ministry said before the announcement that countries should base their claims on evidence rather than 'slandering' others without factual basis.
New Zealand's security minister also said on Tuesday that hackers linked to the Chinese government had launched a government-sponsored campaign that targeted his country's parliament in 2021. New Zealand Minister Judith Collins told the media that interference by cyber-backed espionage campaigns in democratic institutions and processes anywhere in the world is unacceptable.