US and UK accuse China of cyber operations targeting domestic politics

U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing seven Chinese nationals and Wuhan XRZ, described as a front for the Chinese Ministry of State Security and linked to APT31, of conducting a broad espionage campaign targeting U.S. officials, dissidents, companies, and critical infrastructure; the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions, the State Department offered rewards, and U.K. authorities attributed attacks on parliamentary email accounts and an Electoral Commission breach (affecting roughly 40 million registered voters) to China-linked actors, while China denied the allegations.