China denies cyber spying on US
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November 5, 2011, Saturday
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CHINA yesterday dismissed a US report as "irresponsible," rejecting the charge that China uses cyber espionage to steal lucrative US trade and technology secrets.
The US report on Thursday said that China and Russia are using "cyber espionage to steal US trade and technology secrets to bolster their own economic development," which poses a threat to US prosperity and security.
So much sensitive information sits on computer networks that foreign intruders can net massive amounts of valuable data with scant risk of detection, said the report to Congress.
Foreign intelligence services, corporations and individuals stepped up their efforts to steal information about US technology that cost many millions of dollars to develop, according to the report by the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, an agency of the US government.
But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei rejected the report, and repeated China's long-standing position that it wants to help.
"Online attacks are notable for spanning national borders and being anonymous. Identifying the attackers without carrying out a comprehensive investigation and making inferences about the attackers is both unprofessional and irresponsible," Hong told a news briefing in answer to a question about the report.
"I hope the international community can abandon prejudice and work hard with China to maintain online security," he added.
The US report acknowledged the difficulty of determining who exactly is behind a cyber attack. US companies have reported intrusions into their computer networks that originated in China, but US intelligence agencies cannot confirm who specifically is behind them.
The US report on Thursday said that China and Russia are using "cyber espionage to steal US trade and technology secrets to bolster their own economic development," which poses a threat to US prosperity and security.
So much sensitive information sits on computer networks that foreign intruders can net massive amounts of valuable data with scant risk of detection, said the report to Congress.
Foreign intelligence services, corporations and individuals stepped up their efforts to steal information about US technology that cost many millions of dollars to develop, according to the report by the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, an agency of the US government.
But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei rejected the report, and repeated China's long-standing position that it wants to help.
"Online attacks are notable for spanning national borders and being anonymous. Identifying the attackers without carrying out a comprehensive investigation and making inferences about the attackers is both unprofessional and irresponsible," Hong told a news briefing in answer to a question about the report.
"I hope the international community can abandon prejudice and work hard with China to maintain online security," he added.
The US report acknowledged the difficulty of determining who exactly is behind a cyber attack. US companies have reported intrusions into their computer networks that originated in China, but US intelligence agencies cannot confirm who specifically is behind them.
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