China News Agency, Brussels, July 19. The spokesperson of the Chinese mission to the European Union responded to the EU and NATO's so-called China's malicious cyber activities statement on the 19th, saying that the EU and NATO statements lack any facts and evidence and are full of speculation and groundless accusations. China said this Strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition.
A reporter asked that the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issued a statement that day, claiming that malicious cyber activities from within China damaged thousands of computers and networks around the world, and discovered malicious attacks against the governments, organizations and key industries of the EU and member states. Internet activities are intended to steal intellectual property rights and engage in espionage activities, urging China to abide by international norms and take measures to investigate and deal with it. NATO also issued a statement accusing China on the 19th. What's China's response to this?
The spokesperson of the Chinese mission to the European Union stated that China is a staunch defender of cyber security and has always resolutely opposed and cracked down on cyber attacks launched in China or using Chinese network facilities in accordance with the law. The EU and NATO statements mentioned above lack any facts and evidence and are full of speculation. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to this and groundless accusations.
The spokesperson pointed out that for a long time, individual Western countries have relied on their own technological advantages to unscrupulously carry out large-scale and indiscriminate eavesdropping and eavesdropping on the world, even not letting their allies let go; on the other hand, they claim to be cybersecurity guards and manipulate in the cybersecurity field. Commanding allies and manufacturing small groups have repeatedly slandered and attacked other countries, fully exposing their double standards and hypocrisy. It is also worth noting that NATO has repeatedly accused China for no reason, and attempted to achieve regional and territorial breakthroughs under the guise of cyber attacks. Yi Dongxiang expressed great concern.
The spokesperson emphasized that, in fact, China is one of the main victims of cyber attacks; according to a report from the China National Internet Emergency Response Center, in 2020, a total of about 52,000 computer malicious program control servers located outside China controlled about 5.31 million hosts in China. , Causing serious harm to China’s national security, economic and social development, and people’s normal production and life; in terms of the number of hosts controlled in China, the top three control servers in the scale of control are all from NATO member states, and they control 4.46 million in China. , 2.15 million and 1.94 million hosts, China urges relevant countries to abide by the international norms of cyberspace and immediately take effective measures to investigate and deal with malicious cyber activities.
The spokesperson said that cyber security is a global issue that concerns the common interests of all countries and needs to be jointly maintained by the international community. Politicization and stigmatization will not only help solve cyber security issues, but will weaken mutual trust between countries and affect the international community. Normal cooperation in this field; China has put forward the "Global Data Security Initiative" in September last year, clearly advocating that countries oppose the use of information technology to damage other countries’ critical infrastructure or stealing important data, and expect all countries to participate in the initiative to make clear on cybersecurity issues Commit to jointly creating a peaceful, safe, open and cooperative cyberspace. (Finish)