u. s u k into other allies are accusing china of protecting hackers engaging in malicious cyber activity, including the breach of the microsoft exchange email server. earlier this year. they say hacker groups, protected by basing were responsible, compromising tens of thousands of computers worldwide. it's one of a range of cyber threats. china is being blamed for, including ransomware attacks involving millions of dollars to the best of my knowledge. and i'm getting report tomorrow morning. and this detailing for my understanding is that the chinese government, not unlike the russian government, is not doing this themselves, but or protecting those who are doing it, maybe even accommodating and being able to do it. montana has more now from washington d. c. well, it seems that president biden is attempting to leave himself some maneuvering room with regard to any potential action that will be taken against china. as happened earlier this year, when russia was accused of packing, there were sanctions imposed at no suggestion as yet that sanctions are going to be imposed on china following these allegations. although the white house has just said that it is the right to take the action against china should prove necessary. but the u. s. insist that the chinese ministry of state security has been coordinating these attacks may be through outside hackers as we heard from president biden there. but certainly under the control of the chinese ministry of states security. but what is significant about all of this is how big the alliance is in terms of basically naming and shaming china. you've got new zealand, australia, japan, nato, b, u, old joining, the us protest against these actions. and this is the 1st time you had as an action on such a why the basis against china. and this though, is part of the president violence problem in that some of those allies would be reluctant to impose sanctions against china, given their massive reliance on china in many areas. so the president is attempting to walk a fine line here, keeping his alliance together. but at the same time, not allowing any of them to leave because the u. s. unilaterally imposed the sanctions that others don't agree with. russia says it's successfully te