The group attacked over two dozen government agencies in Western Europe and the United States, and compromised associated personal accounts of employees.
Beyond the “the US does it too, non-responses”, it’s very unlikely we have solid proof the group that hacked the state department was directly linked the the Chinese Government. Were they? Probably, but you don’t burn diplomatic bridges on possibilities.
Isn’t this like tantamount to a declaration of war?
Not really? Every country is spying on every other country. It’s just a big failure on our end.
Beyond the “the US does it too, non-responses”, it’s very unlikely we have solid proof the group that hacked the state department was directly linked the the Chinese Government. Were they? Probably, but you don’t burn diplomatic bridges on possibilities.