Biden Accusing China of Hacking Microsoft Signals Beijing’s Free Pass Is Over, Says ITIF
WASHINGTON—Following the Biden administration accusing the Chinese government of breaching Microsoft email systems, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, released the following statement from Daniel Castro, vice president of ITIF:
Hacking practices backed by the Chinese government have been ignored on the international stage for years—treated as something not to be mentioned in polite company. But the Biden administration’s move to publicly accuse China of a recent cyberattack suggests that Beijing’s free pass is over.
It’s not clear that naming and shaming will be enough, though. If China continues to brazenly back cyberattacks against its trading partners, the United States and its allies should escalate their response.
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The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan research and educational institute focusing on the intersection of technological innovation and public policy. Recognized by its peers in the think tank community as the global center of excellence for science and technology policy, ITIF’s mission is to formulate and promote policy solutions that accelerate innovation and boost productivity to spur growth, opportunity, and progress.
