In response to alleged Chinese ransomware attacks and intellectual property theft, the Biden administration is reportedly beefing up its cybersecurity policy. "Today, the United States and our allies and partners are exposing further details of the PRC’s [People’s Republic of China] pattern of malicious cyber activity and taking further action to counter it, as it poses a major threat to U.S. and allies’ economic and national security," the White House stated in a press release on Monday. The allies include the European Union, the United Kingdom, NATO, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Japan. Why this matters? For the first time, such a powerful coalition of countries has accused China of carrying out malicious cyber activities and has urged Chinese authorities to address the situation. The EU stated that these cyber activities affected its "economy, security, democracy and society at large," the US called China's behavior" inconsistent with its stated objective of being seen as a responsible leader in the world", the UK said that it holds the Chinese state responsible "for pervasive pattern of hacking," and NATO reiterated its "willingness to maintain a constructive dialogue with China" on this issue. "My understanding is that the Chinese government, not unlike the Russian government, is not doing this themselves, but are protecting those who are doing it. And maybe even accommodating them being able to do it." - U.S. President Joe Biden, according to Reuters "The U.S. has repeatedly made groundless attacks and malicious smear against China on cybersecurity. This is just another old trick, with…
