NPR: The U.S. Has Formally Accused China Of A Massive Cyberattack On Microsoft
The Biden administration, backed by U.S. allies, is publicly calling out Beijing for an attack this year on Microsoft’s Exchange email server software that targeted computers worldwide.
While the U.S. is blaming China for this attack, there is no word on sanctions or any sort of punishment.
REPORTER: What is…the biggest difference between [China vs. Russia on hacking]?
BIDEN: …The Chinese government, not unlike the Russian government, is not doing this themselves, but are protecting those who are doing it, and may be even accommodating them being able to do it. pic.twitter.com/tc7CzjkUIi
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) July 19, 2021