Germany blames China for 2021 cyber-attack on mapping agency
Germany's government cartography agency was hit by a cyber-attack in 2021. On 31 July 2024, the German government named China as being behind the attack and summoned the Chinese ambassador.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Germany
Timeline
- The German government named China as being behind the 2021 cyber-attack targeting its government cartography agency.
- The German government summoned the Chinese ambassador over the cyber-attack.
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