Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to CIA's long-term cyber infiltration attack on China: strongly urges the US to give a clear explanation

China News Agency, Beijing, March 4th (Huang Yuqin): In response to the 360 ​​company's recent discovery that the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched a long-term cyber infiltration attack on China, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference on the 4th that China is strongly The U.S. is urged to give a clear explanation and stop such activities immediately.

A reporter asked a question. According to reports, 360 Company recently conducted an investigation and analysis and found that the US Central Intelligence Agency attack group (APT-C-39) has carried out 11 years of cyber penetration attacks on key areas of China. China's aerospace, scientific research institutions, petroleum industry, large Internet companies, and government agencies have been attacked to varying degrees. What is China's comment?

Zhao Lijian said that for a long time, the U.S. government and related institutions have violated international law and basic norms of international relations and implemented large-scale, organized, undifferentiated network theft, monitoring, and attacks on foreign governments, enterprises, and individuals. From "WikiLeaks" to "Snowden Incident" to the recent "Swiss Encryption Incident", this unethical behavior of the United States has been repeatedly exposed, and the relevant report of 360 Company is another powerful example.

Zhao Li insisted that the facts prove that the United States is the world's largest cyber attacker and a veritable "hacker empire." The US side, however, yelled to catch thieves, pretending to be a victim of cyber attacks from time to time, fully exposing the hypocrisy and double standards of the US side on network security issues. China has been a serious victim of US cyber theft and attacks. China has made solemn representations to the US on this occasion. We once again strongly urge the United States to make a clear explanation, stop such activities immediately, and return China and the world to a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative cyberspace. (Finish)