Europe bans two Chinese technology companies for ‘hacker attacks’, bans their CEOs from entering European Union

European Union has imposed sanctions against two China-based and one Iranian company ‌for cyberattacks against EU member states. The European Union has announced sanctions on China-based Integrity Technology Group and Anxun Information Technology, also known as i-Soon. Other than these two technology companies, EU has also banned Iranian company Emennet Pasargad on the same charges. European Union has also banned the two Chinese companies co-founders Chen Cheng and Wu Haibo from entering Europe.

As per a report in Plitico, Integrity Technology Group facilitated the activities of a Chinese state hacking group dubbed Flax Typhoon, which security officials say has targeted organizations in Taiwan for espionage purposes.