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Australia Backs UK Sanctions on Chinese Cyber Firms Linked to Global Hacking

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Prince, a member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance who refused to give his real name, uses his computer at their office in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China, on Aug. 4, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty ImagesAustralia has thrown its support behind Britain’s sanctions on two China-based cybersecurity companies, saying the firms have been tied to global hacking operations.A day after Britain imposed sanctions on the two companies for allegedly conducting malicious cyber operations against the UK and its allies, the Australian government said it “shares the UK’s concern with the increasing scale and severity of malicious cyber activity, including by information security companies linked to the Chinese government.”

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