July 21 (Reuters) - Chinese hacking teams have been blamed by Western intelligence agencies and cybersecurity groups for digital intrusion campaigns across the world, targeting everything from government and military organisations to corporations and media groups. The Chinese authorities said it was not aware of such hacking and described the accusations as baseless. Palo Alto Networks, a U.S. cybersecurity firm, said its research showed BackdoorDiplomacy had links to the Chinese state and was part of the APT15 hacking group. The Chinese authorities have described such reports as "groundless accusations." APT 27Western intelligence agencies and cybersecurity researchers say Chinese hacking team APT 27 is sponsored by the state and has launched multiple attacks on Western and Taiwanese government agencies.

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Persons: Gina Raimondo, China Nicholas Burns, Daniel Kritenbrink, BackdoorDiplomacy, TeamT5, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, Mandiant, Fanny Potkin, John Geddie, Jamie Freed Organizations: Microsoft, . Commerce, Wall, Storm, Reuters, Alto Networks, APT, U.S Department Justice, U.S, Thomson Locations: China, Beijing, U.S, East Asia, Washington, Western, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, United States, Hong Kong