British Deputy Prime Minister Dow Jones announced today that it will impose sanctions on two individuals and an entity linked to Chinese officials in response to China’s malicious cyber attacks on the British Electoral Commission and Members of Parliament. Apart from this, the Foreign Ministry will summon the Chinese Ambassador to Britain and seek clarification.

Chief executive Oliver Dowden said related individuals and entities were responsible for two cyber attacks targeting British democratic institutions and Members of Parliament.

Tao Dun said that one of the incidents was the intrusion into the information system of the British Electoral Commission (Electoral Commission) from 2021 to 2022; The British “National Cyber ​​Security Center” (NCSC) determined that the person behind the scenes was “most likely” an official with ties to China. Network group APT31.

APT31 also launched a cyber reconnaissance campaign against British MPs in 2021, and most of the MPs targeted were “Chinese supporters”.

According to the sanctions list updated today by the British government, the two individuals and one entity sanctioned are all related to APT31, namely Chinese nationals Ni Gaobin, Zhao Guangzhong, andWuhanXiao Ruizi Technology Co., Ltd.

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