The Chinese government has slammed the decision, calling it a smear campaign. Commenting on the news, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said the country has cracked down on cyber attacks and that Washington was using the issue to “defame and smear China,” AP reports.

US Treasury sanctioned Chinese company Integrity Tech for supporting state-sponsored group Flax Typhoon in hacking US critical infrastructure.

Integrity Technology Group sanctioned by the US for links to Flax Typhoon. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that the Beijing-based