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The German government recruits Chinese ambassadors

The German federal government blames China for a cyberattack in 2021 on the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG). Based on intelligence information, the cyberattack can be attributed to Chinese actors, a spokesperson for the Federal Foreign Office said on Wednesday in Berlin.

For the first time since 1989, the Chinese ambassador in Germany has been summoned as a result. The federal government condemns such attacks in the strongest terms.

A spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of the Interior added that there had been a comprehensive investigation into the case. The Chinese were successfully expelled from the BKG systems. The agency provides geodata.

Due to the cyberattack on BKG, the German federal government issued a strong condemnation. Because of the attribution of this incident to Chinese actors, the Chinese ambassador was summoned for the first time in 32 years.

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