China rejects hacking allegations

China has rejected accusations from the US and other countries due to economic espionage. Such accusations were defamatory, said the foreign Ministry in Beijing on Friday. The accusations of the US authorities to be totally "out of thin air" and a "deliberate defamation", it was said more from the Chinese Aussenamt.

The action was a "serious impact" on the mutual relations, was quoted aussenamt spokeswoman Hua Chunying. China have officially lodged a Protest. Washington must correct its "misconduct immediately".

The United States would also need to take their charges against two alleged hackers from China. The people's Republic will take all necessary steps to protect their interests. Also should not be forgotten that it has long been an open secret that the US government would spy on foreign governments, companies and private individuals.

Confidential data

The dispute is likely to weigh on the due to the trade conflict already tense relations between the United States and China. The United States had raised on Thursday an indictment against two alleged Chinese hackers who have worked together with the Chinese authorities. Your goal should be to steal intellectual property, and confidential business and technology information.

the U.S. Navy and the space Agency Nasa were Affected, among other things. The hackers had Connections to the Chinese Ministry of state security.

in Addition, had accused the British government of China, a global campaign of cyber attacks against economic targets in Europe, Asia and the USA. A hacker group with name APT10 go on the initiative of the Ministry for state security.

Switzerland had been stolen on the affected

hundreds of gigabytes of sensitive data, it said. At least twelve countries were affected. Switzerland, too, according to the U.S. Department of justice, under the listened States. The attacks were made over the years, probably in the period between 2006 and 2018. The hackers had placed malicious software and data to be fished.

In addition, said several with the operations of persons who are concerned by the news Agency Reuters, a group of hackers who had penetrated, in the order of Chinese authorities repeatedly in computer systems of HPE and IBM. From there, you would have gained access to customer systems. (ij/sda)

Created: 21.12.2018, 08:16 PM