China News Service, Brussels, July 19. The Chinese Embassy in Belgium refuted the Belgian government's statement on the 18th, emphasizing that Belgium refused to provide factual evidence and accused China of "malicious cyberattacks" out of thin air. China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to this.
A reporter asked that the Belgian Foreign Minister issued a statement on behalf of the Belgian federal government on the same day, claiming that Chinese hackers "maliciously attacked" the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defense, and urged China to take action against the relevant actions. What is China's comment on this?
The spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in Belgium said that the Belgian government's statement that the so-called Chinese hackers carried out "malicious cyber attacks" without any evidence is extremely irresponsible and irresponsible.
For example, on the one hand, it refuses to provide a factual basis, on the other hand, it accuses and smears China out of thin air. China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to this.
The spokesperson emphasized that China has always been a staunch defender of cyber security and one of the main victims of cyber attacks.
According to the report of 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. .
China has always resolutely opposed and cracked down on any form of cyber attacks, and will never encourage, support or condone hacker attacks.
The spokesperson pointed out that cyberspace is highly virtual, difficult to trace to the source, and diverse actors. There should be complete and sufficient evidence when investigating and characterizing cyber incidents.
Making groundless accusations against other countries and politicizing and stigmatizing cybersecurity issues will not help improve cybersecurity, but will weaken mutual trust among countries and affect their normal cooperation in this field.
"If for example, it arbitrarily accuses other countries for no reason, can other countries also suspect that hackers from Belgium are involved in the cyberattacks against their own countries?" the spokesperson asked.
The spokesperson appealed that cyber security is a global issue that concerns the common interests of all countries and requires the joint maintenance of the international community.
In 2020, China launched the Global Data Security Initiative, which clearly calls on countries to oppose the use of information technology to damage other countries' critical infrastructure or steal important data.
China expects all countries, including Belgium, to participate in this initiative, make clear commitments on cybersecurity issues, and jointly create a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative cyberspace.
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