Cybersecurity

Czechs Blame China for Cyberattack Against Foreign Ministry

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky

Photographer: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images

State-linked Chinese hackers were behind a cyberattack against the Czech Foreign Ministry’s unclassified networks, according to the government in Prague.

Czech security authorities are investigating activity that began in 2022 by APT31, a Chinese hacking group that is associated with the Ministry of State Security, the Czech Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.