Personnel data was accessed in the breach, in which China was the suspected culprit.
The Chinese government on Tuesday confirmed it was the unnamed nation state suspected of hacking the United Kingdom's armed forces, when it released preemptive denials hours before it had been formally accused.Britain's defense secretary, Grant Shapps, told the House of Commons later the same day that 'a malign actor' had breached a U.K. defense ministry contractor responsible for payroll.
China's embassy in London didn't respond to a written request for comment. In a statement on its website, the embassy called the accusation 'nothing but a fabricated and malicious slander.''It is extremely absurd and despicable. We strongly condemn it,' it said. 'We urge the U.K. side to stop spreading disinformation, and stop such self-staged political farces.
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