China News Service, March 1 (Chen Caixia) "The United States is the largest surveillance empire in the world!" Ten pictures were posted on social media Twitter in a row, listing all kinds of evidence that the United States "is the world's largest 'surveillance empire'", and strongly countered the United States' attempts to discredit China.
Hua Chunying said on Twitter that although some people in the United States claim that China has a "surveillance balloon" program covering five continents, the truth is that the United States itself is the world's largest "surveillance empire."
She posted pictures and listed 10 facts about the United States as a "surveillance empire".
Truth 1: Monitor allies.
The United States "indiscriminately" monitors and monitors its allies, including former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and several French presidents.
According to German media reports, the US National Security Agency and Danish intelligence agencies jointly monitored high-level political figures in Germany, France and other countries from 2012 to 2014, including former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Macron.
Merkel and Macron said this was "unacceptable" and asked the United States and Denmark to respond to the espionage scandal.
Truth 2: "Prism Gate".
The United States monitors Internet communications through the "Prism Gate" program and collects user data from telecom operators around the world.
As we all know, the protagonist of "Prism Gate" and former CIA intelligence officer Snowden exposed the "PRISM" (PRISM) monitoring project that shocked the world in 2013.
The project has been implemented by the US National Security Agency since 2007, including the collection of domestic private electronic data and the monitoring of foreign intelligence.
Fact 3: "Crypto AG".
Crypto AG, a Swiss encryption equipment supplier secretly operated by the CIA, collects communications intelligence from more than 120 countries.
In fact, as early as February 2020, "Crypto AG" was exposed to have cooperated with the U.S. Department of Defense for a long time since World War II, implanting encryption loopholes in the communication encryption equipment it sells, allowing the CIA to steal the highest security data of 120 countries around the world. Secrets, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan and other countries, from which they earn high profits.
Fact 4: "Operation Telescreen".
The hacker organization "Equation" affiliated to the US National Security Agency (NSA) has launched cyber attacks on 45 countries and regions around the world for more than ten years.
In February 2022, Beijing Qi'an Pangu Laboratory publicly exposed the complete chain of evidence from the APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) attack by the "Formula" organization in the United States for the first time.
According to the laboratory, "Equation" spied on and controlled the network of the victim organization after intrusion, and used the "top-level back door" to conduct "telescreen attacks" on 45 countries and regions around the world, including China, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands, for more than ten years. Action", the industry covers telecommunications, universities, scientific research, economics and military fields.
Truth 5: "Dirty Box".
The NSA developed and used "dirty boxes" in surveillance programs such as the "Informant Without Borders Project" to simulate cell phone tower signals to steal phone data.
The United States has always been the world's number one telecom secret stealer.
As early as more than ten years ago, the US National Security Agency used the "pseudo base station" of "Dirtbox" to secretly access mobile phones and steal a large amount of data.
French "Le Monde" once reported that "the United States has stolen the data of at least 62.5 million mobile phones in France through 'dirty boxes'!" In addition, the US National Security Agency has long forced operators such as AT&T and Verizon to provide data to it.
Truth 6: "Anger Horn Project" and "Strengthening Project".
The United States launched the "Project Angry Angle" and "Project Strong", implanted spyware into mobile phones, hacked into Yahoo and Google servers, and obtained hundreds of millions of private information.
The "Anger Angle Project" was jointly launched by the US National Security Agency and the intelligence agencies of other members of the "Five Eyes Alliance".
That is to use Google's application store Play Store to implant spyware or crack program loopholes into mobile phones to collect massive amounts of private information.
The National Security Agency of the United States also cooperated with the United Kingdom to launch the "Strengthen Project", which frequently invaded the cloud servers of Google and Yahoo, and even directly diverted the data to the unit's database, thereby collecting hundreds of millions of private information.
Fact 7: Submarine cables steal secrets.
The NSA hacked into SMW4 (the largest undersea cable linking Europe and Asia) to steal classified information.
SMW4 refers to Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe No. 4 optical cable (SEA-ME-WE-4), with a total length of about 18,800 kilometers, connecting 14 countries including Singapore, Pakistan, Egypt and France. It was put into operation in December 2005. use.
The "Washington Post" has disclosed multiple fiber optic cable stealing projects in the United States.
The Associated Press once stated that the U.S. Navy spared no effort to upgrade and transform the "Jimmy Carter" submarine, the purpose is also to facilitate the stealing of optical cables.
Fact 8: Cyber attacks.
The United States has successively used 41 types of cyber attack weapons and equipment to carry out more than 1,000 cyber attacks on Northwestern Polytechnical University in China, stealing core technical data.
In June 2022, China's Northwestern Polytechnical University issued a statement stating that the school had been attacked by overseas networks.
In September of the same year, the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and 360 Company issued an investigation report stating that the cyber attack weapons suffered by NPU are mainly divided into four categories: 1. Vulnerability attack breakthrough weapons; 2. Persistent control weapons; 3. Sniffing weapons Detective secret weapons; 4. Concealed and trace-removing weapons.
The report also stated that the NSA covered up the real IP and meticulously disguised the traces of network attacks, and the servers were distributed in 17 countries.
Fact 9: High-altitude reconnaissance.
The United States is repurposing high-altitude balloons carrying surveillance equipment to track Chinese and Russian hypersonic missiles.
When the hot air balloon loaded with the latest equipment rises to an altitude of 60,000 to 90,000 feet, it will be part of the Pentagon's extensive surveillance system, which can be used to track hypersonic weapons, Politico reported.
The media said the U.S. Department of Defense has been conducting tests using high-altitude balloons and solar-powered drones to collect data and provide communications for ground forces.
The department is quietly transferring the technology to the military.
Fact 10: Reconnaissance at close range.
The United States conducts close-range reconnaissance of China in the South China Sea, including the use of fake civilian aircraft identification numbers.
The US Cable News Network (CNN) exposed on the 24th that a US military plane brought US journalists to harass the South China Sea and was warned by a PLA fighter plane.
In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that the United States frequently sends warships and planes close to China for reconnaissance, which seriously endangers China's national security and undermines regional peace and stability.
China has expressed its serious concern on many occasions, and the US should immediately stop such provocative actions.
In addition, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin also stated recently that for a long time, the United States has abused its own technological advantages to conduct large-scale, indiscriminate surveillance and stealing of secrets around the world, including its allies. Basic principles of international relations.
The United States is well-deserved as the world's largest espionage and surveillance empire.
(The sources of the pictures in this article are screenshots from social media of Hua Chunying, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Spokesperson of China)