Summary
- Germany’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador to Berlin over a 2021 cyberattack by Chinese state actors.
- The cyberattack targeted the German government’s mapping agency, the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy.
- Several governments around the world have accused China of launching cyberattacks in recent years.
- This is the first time since 1989 that the Chinese envoy in Berlin has been summoned.
