>> These activities can be linked to the hacker groups known as Advanced Persistent Threat 40 and Advanced Persistent Threat 31 and have been conducted from the

>> These activities can be linked to the hacker groups known as Advanced Persistent Threat 40 and Advanced Persistent Threat 31 and have been conducted from the territory of China for the purpose of intellectual property theft and espionage. > Which is quite different from saying it is being done by the Chinese government. Who in China would be more likely to organize an espionage campaign? Espionage is a game played by governments. Your objection is like, after detecting a nuclear missile launch from the continental US, doubting that the US government was responsible.