ANALYSIS: New Zealand is standing with its traditional partners in condemning the Chinese Government’s role in cyberattacks that affected people around the globe earlier this year. A number of countries including New Zealand accused the Chinese-sponsored cyberattacks of breaching Microsoft systems earlier this year. Commentators say the attack on Microsoft went further than prior Chinese attacks as it was less targeted. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images China has been blamed for significant cyberattacks earlier this year. China has been found to be involved in cyberattacks prior to the Microsoft server incident, but the broadness of the recent incident called for stronger actions.

Source: Stuff July 20, 2021 07:14 UTC