Iain Duncan Smith

UK and US sanction Chinese entities for ‘malicious cyber activity’ against British MPs and Pentagon contractors

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In response, two individuals and one company linked to APT31 have been hit with asset freezes and travel bans. The US said the attacks are “directly endangering US national security”. A statement from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) named the company as Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company Limited. The … Read more

Beijing behind cyberattacks on UK MPs and peers, deputy PM to warn – POLITICO

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A group of British politicians has been targeted by Chinese cyberattacks, U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will tell parliament on Monday, according to the Sunday Times. Alison Giles, the parliament’s director of security, has called a group of MPs and peers, who are all members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), for a … Read more