US blames China for Microsoft hack and other cyber schemes but doesn’t impose sanctions

Published July 19, 2021 7:42pm ET



The United States and its allies blamed China’s Ministry of State Security for the massive hack against Microsoft this year, with the Justice Department also charging members of the Chinese intelligence agency over a separate global espionage campaign.

The U.S. did not implement sanctions against China like it did against Russian intelligence hackers earlier this year.

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