GCSB Minister Andrew Little says China is responsible for 'malicious' cyber-attacks. Late last night, Minister for the Government Communications Security Bureau Andrew Little said the Government had uncovered evidence of Chinese state-sponsored cyber attacks in New Zealand. Little said that the GCSB had established links between Chinese state-sponsored actors known as Advanced Persistent Threat 40 (APT40) and malicious cyber activity in New Zealand. Waikato Professor of Law Alexander Gillespie said it was "special" for Andrew Little to name China, even though the GCSB estimates that about 30 per cent of cyber attacks are state-based. Strategic analyst Paul Buchanan said the attacks were to do with Microsoft Exchange, and China's behaviour had changed.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 19, 2021 23:13 UTC