Security News > 2021 > July > China pushes back against Exchange attack sponsorship claims

China has very firmly pushed back against the accusation it paid contractors to attack Microsoft's Exchange Server.

The USA, UK, NATO and other nations on Monday named China as the source of the attack.

It mustered allies to make groundless accusations against China on cybersecurity.

Still hot under the collar during Wednesday's briefing with more tweets to prove it, Zhao cited data that appears to come from CNCERT's China Internet Cyber Security Report 2020 dated June 2021 and published online yesterday.

DDoS attacks, total attack traffic and botnet control terminals all dropped year-on-year - 16.16 per cent, 19.67 per cent and 2.05 per cent respectively.

CNCERT is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that has put out an annual cyber security report on China since 2008.

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