Germany summons Chinese ambassador over 2021 cyberattack on cartography agency

BERLIN: Germany has summoned China's ambassador over a 2021 cyberattack on the federal cartography agency by state actors for espionage purposes, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.
"We call on China to refrain from and prevent such cyberattacks," Interior minister Nancy Faeser said.
The German government was able to attribute responsibility for the cyberattack to Chinese state actors based on information from its intelligence services, a statement from the interior ministry said, adding that the attack had been used for espionage purposes.
It condemned strongly the attack, in which the hackers compromised the end devices of private individuals and companies, according to the statement.