The U.S. and its allies are publicly accusing China of engaging in malicious cyber activity.
On Friday, the United States sanctioned seven Chinese officials in response to the Beijng's crackdown on Hong Kong's democratic institutions., warning U.S. firms of potential data and privacy breaches by the Chinese government if they continue to do business in Hong Kong.of "meddling" in its internal affairs.
For now, the multinational cybersecurity effort is focused on cooperative security and threat alerts, and not on retaliation.attacks with senior members of the Chinese government, "making clear that the [People's Republic of China] actions threaten security, confidence, and stability in cyberspace," said the senior official.
But Beijing's economic might around the world makes it exceedingly difficult for any group of countries to agree on concrete actions against toward China. "We're not ruling out further actions to hold [China] accountable," said the senior official, "but we're also aware that no one action can change the PRC's behavior, and neither can one country acting on its own. So we really focused initially in bringing other countries along with us."
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