July 31, 2024 5:30 PM

Germany accuses China of conducting 2021 cyberattack on cartography agency

Germany accused China on Wednesday of having been behind a 2021 cyberattack on the federal cartography agency for espionage purposes and summoned Beijing's ambaassador to Berlin to lodge a complaint. China's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "We call on China to refrain from, and to prevent, such cyberattacks," Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in a statement, adding that the incident had shown just how big a threat such attacks now posed. The German gov...