Security News > 2022 > July > Belgium says Chinese cyber gangs attacked its government and military

The government of Belgium has claimed it detected three Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat actors attacking its public service and defence forces.

A government statement names Advanced Persistent Threat 27, 30, and 31 - aka UNSC 2814, GALLIUM, and SOFTCELL - as the groups responsible for the attacks.

The statement doesn't detail the nature of the attacks other than to describe them as "Malicious cyber activities that significantly affected our sovereignty, democracy, security and society at large by targeting the FPS Interior and the Belgian Defence."

Belgium's Foreign Ministry wrote that the nation "Strongly denounces these malicious cyber activities, which are undertaken in contradiction with the norms of responsible state behavior as endorsed by all UN member states."

Belgium's statement calls on "Chinese authorities to adhere to these norms and not allow its territory to be used for malicious cyber activities, and take all appropriate measures and reasonably available and feasible steps to detect, investigate and address the situation."

China always denies such actions and swears it only has peaceful intentions online and in the real world.

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