Chinese Hackers Penetrated Dutch Defense Network: Report

State-backed actors gained access to the Dutch military network last year and achieved persistent access, according to a Dutch intelligence report.

A hacker uses his computer in Dongguan, China's southern Guangdong Province, on Aug. 4, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese state-backed attackers hacked into a Dutch defense network last year and gained persistent access, the Netherlands has acknowledged.

“It is important to ensure that espionage activities of this nature committed by China become public knowledge since this will help to increase international resilience to this type of cyber espionage,” Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said on Feb. 6.