President Joe Biden on Monday said China was worse than Russia on cyber crime because they are 'accommodating' hackers while the Kremlin is not. Earlier in the day, the Biden administration led a worldwide condemnation of [China](/news/china/index.html) for state-sponsored ransomware attacks, accusing Beijing of a 'pattern of malicious cyber activities' that poses a 'major threat to U.S. and allies' economic and national security.' The administration also announced it has determined that China was behind the April hack of the Microsoft Exchange Servers, which affected thousands of users and American businesses. The cyber criminals hit more than 30,000 servers in the US alone and hundreds of thousands worldwide. 'My understanding is that the Chinese government, not unlike the Russian government is not doing this themselves but are protecting those who are doing it, maybe even accommodating them being able to do it. That may be the difference,' Biden told reporters at the White House. But, despite the concern, the US and its allies are taking no formal actions against China but, instead, is raising awareness of its activity. Russia was subject to U.S. sanctions for its malicious cyber activity. Insurance Loans Mortgage Attorney Credit Lawyer When asked why China wasn't being punished, Biden said: 'They're still determining exactly what happened. Investigation is not finished.' He said he was getting a briefing on the matter Tuesday. A senior administration official told reporters on a briefing call Sunday night that the U.S. was first trying to put the spotlight on China's activities. 'We're at that first important stage of bringing awareness,' the official said. 'The U.S. and our allies and partners are not ruling out further actions to hold the PRC [People's Republic of China] accountable,' the official added. And China is doing the ransomware attacks for its own financial gain, the [White House](/news/white-house/index.html) charged, using contractors to do their cyber dirty work. China is using 'criminal contract hackers to conduct unsanctioned cyber operations globally, including to their own personal profit,' the senior administration official said. The United Kingdom, European Union, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, and NATO joined in the condemnation of Beijing as cyber hacks are surging around the world. The U.S. has struggled to respond to the surge of cyber attacks against private companies, including the ransomware of Colonial Pipeline and JBS meat supplier – both of whom were targets of Russian-based cyber criminals. Prices of gas and meat went up in the aftermath with both companies paying millions in ransom against the advice of the U.S. government. Insurance Loans Mortgage Attorney Credit Lawyer Insurance Loans Mortgage Attorney Credit Lawyer The Joe Biden administration led a worldwide condemnation of China for state-sponsored ransomware attacks China is using cyberattacks as a way to advance its economy and become the dominant global superpower, the Justice Department has previously charged. On Monday, the Justice Department made public that a [read more from dailymail ](/World-News/1802636/Biden-WH-condemns-China-for-hiring-criminal-contract-hackers-to-carry-out-.html?source=true)

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