<p>Beijing: China on Tuesday urged the US and Britain to stop politicising the issue of cybersecurity, slandering and smearing China and imposing unilateral sanctions on the country.</p><p>"It is pure political manoeuvring for the United States and the United Kingdom to rehash the so-called cyberattacks carried out by China and to sanction Chinese individuals and entities," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular press briefing.</p><p>"China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it," he said.</p><p>US and British officials on Monday filed charges, imposed sanctions, and accused Beijing of a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that allegedly hit millions of people.</p><p>Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic nicknamed the hacking group Advanced Persistent Threat Group 31 or "APT31", calling it an arm of China's Ministry of State Security.</p>.Microsoft says it caught hackers from China, Russia and Iran using its AI tools.<p>The Chinese Embassy in London called the charges "completely fabricated and malicious slanders."</p><p>"Previously, China had made technical clarifications and responses to the so-called APT31 information submitted by the British side. It clearly shows that the evidence provided by the British side is insufficient and the relevant conclusions lack professionalism," said Lin.</p><p>"Regrettably, however, the British side has not responded further since then," he added.</p><p>Britain has also accused Chinese hackers of trying to break into email accounts of British lawmakers who were critical of China.</p>
<p>Beijing: China on Tuesday urged the US and Britain to stop politicising the issue of cybersecurity, slandering and smearing China and imposing unilateral sanctions on the country.</p><p>"It is pure political manoeuvring for the United States and the United Kingdom to rehash the so-called cyberattacks carried out by China and to sanction Chinese individuals and entities," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular press briefing.</p><p>"China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it," he said.</p><p>US and British officials on Monday filed charges, imposed sanctions, and accused Beijing of a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that allegedly hit millions of people.</p><p>Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic nicknamed the hacking group Advanced Persistent Threat Group 31 or "APT31", calling it an arm of China's Ministry of State Security.</p>.Microsoft says it caught hackers from China, Russia and Iran using its AI tools.<p>The Chinese Embassy in London called the charges "completely fabricated and malicious slanders."</p><p>"Previously, China had made technical clarifications and responses to the so-called APT31 information submitted by the British side. It clearly shows that the evidence provided by the British side is insufficient and the relevant conclusions lack professionalism," said Lin.</p><p>"Regrettably, however, the British side has not responded further since then," he added.</p><p>Britain has also accused Chinese hackers of trying to break into email accounts of British lawmakers who were critical of China.</p>