"U.S. and Britain Sanction Chinese Hackers for 14-Year Cyberespionage Campaign"

The United States and Britain have imposed sanctions on China's elite hacking units, accusing Beijing's top spy agency of a yearslong effort to place malware in critical infrastructure and stealing the voting rolls for 40 million British citizens. The actions underscore the escalation of cyberconflict between Western allies and Beijing, with American intelligence agencies warning that the malware found in U.S. infrastructure appeared to be intended for use if the United States were coming to the aid of Taiwan. Separately, the Justice Department indicted individual Chinese hackers for targeting and intimidating Beijing's critics around the world.