see url: https://www.ft.com/content/fe589e37-2f85-428e-a0ef-cbb5a5211157
see full story...China says that the US does it a lot more to them,
using US state and other private companies to hack their state,
enterprises and businesses...An international agreement is in order
perhaps...I doubt it very much...no advantages to be gained for the
governments...though for the citizens, and their businesses it might
save a lot of hassle, stresses and strain and money too, and help to
make profits...far too simple a solution for clever minds...😉
An exercise in the propaganda, or should I say, truth wars which goes on
between nation states...😉
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China has challenged US-led accusations that Beijing was at the
heart of a wave of global cyber attacks including an offensive against a
Microsoft email application that affected tens of thousands of
organisations.
Diplomats across the EU, UK, Canada, Norway and New Zealand issued
statements on Tuesday slamming the allegations as “groundless” and a
“malicious smear”.
“China urges Canada to abandon its cold war mentality and ideological
prejudice . . . stop political manipulation on relevant issues, and stop
unprovoked attacks and deliberate slander against China,” said Beijing’s
embassy in Ottawa.
Zhao Lijian, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, stressed that
the claims of a small number of countries did not represent the
international community and called on the US to stop its own cyber
attacks against his country.
“China will take necessary measures to firmly protect its cyber security
and its own interests,” he said.
Beijing’s sharp response followed a rare co-ordinated effort by the US,
Nato, the EU, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. The
western allies accused China of collaborating with criminal cyber gangs
and compromising global security, including an attack on Microsoft’s
Exchange application that allowed hackers to access the email systems of
a wide range of private and public sector organisations.
The US also alleged that Beijing’s Ministry of State Security oversaw a
sweeping campaign to infiltrate foreign companies, universities and
government organisations throughout much of the 2010s.
The Global Times, a state-backed tabloid, accused US-based hackers of
longstanding and repeated cyber attacks on Chinese companies, research
institutes and Communist party departments. The nationalist paper
alleged one US-based group called “A” launched so-called brute force
attacks last October in a bid to remotely access servers from Chinese
groups, including Chinese steel and car engine companies.
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