Washington, London and Wellington accuse Beijing of cyberattacks against their institutions. The US Department of Justice announced that it had indicted seven Chinese people for a "prolific global hacking operation" over 14 years.

The Chinese embassy in Great Britain denounced “totally unfounded” and “slander” accusations. New Zealand's cybersecurity agency has linked a Chinese "state-backed" group known as "APT40" to a cyberattack on parliamentary services, the defense minister says.