{"id":28728,"date":"2024-03-26T16:58:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T16:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/china-rejects-us-uk-disinformation-on-cyberattacks-2"},"modified":"2024-03-26T18:56:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:56:57","slug":"china-rejects-us-uk-disinformation-on-cyberattacks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/china-rejects-us-uk-disinformation-on-cyberattacks-2","title":{"rendered":"China rejects US, UK \u2018disinformation\u2019 on cyberattacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Pushing back accusations of \u201cstate-sponsored\u201d cyberattacks by the US and the UK, China on Tuesday said it was itself the victim of such actions, offering collaboration to deal with cybersecurity challenges.<\/p>\n<p>China \u201cfirmly opposes and combats all kinds of cyberattacks, and is committed to working with all countries&#8230; to strengthen cooperation and jointly deal with the threats of cybersecurity through channels such as bilateral dialogue or judicial assistance,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a news conference in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing\u2019s statement came as Washington on Monday charged seven Chinese nationals who were accused of carrying out a &#8220;sinister&#8221; state-sponsored hacking campaign that targeted US and foreign critics of China, businesses, and political officials.<\/p>\n<p>The accused persons are allegedly part of the Advanced Persistent Threat 31 hacker group (APT31 Group).<\/p>\n<p>The UK government also on Monday accused China of launching cyberattacks on the Electoral Commission and parliamentarians between 2021 and 2022 and said it was \u201calmost certain that the China state-affiliated Advanced Persistent Threat Group 31 (APT31) conducted reconnaissance activity against UK parliamentarians during a separate campaign in 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Lin said Beijing \u201cmade technical clarifications and responses to the so-called \u2018APT31\u2019-related information submitted by the British side, and made it clear that the evidence provided by the British side was inadequate and relevant conclusions lack professionalism,\u201d according to a transcript of the news conference released by the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, there has been no further response from the British side,\u201d said the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>Early Tuesday, New Zealand said it had conveyed to Beijing its \u201cconcerns\u201d regarding an alleged breach of its parliament by a Chinese \u201cstate-sponsored\u201d group.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged breach happened in 2021 and the group responsible for the breach was \u201cPRC state-sponsored APT40,\u201d according to Wellington.<\/p>\n<p><b>US-driven agenda to \u2018spread disinformation\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lin accused Washington of \u201cencouraging\u201d the world\u2019s largest intelligence network, the Five Eyes Alliance, \u201cto compile and spread all kinds of disinformation about the threats posed by the so-called Chinese hackers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow along with the UK, the US is hyping up the so-called \u2018Chinese cyberattacks\u2019 and even launching groundless unilateral sanctions against China,\u201d said the ministry spokesman, adding Beijing had made \u201cstrong demarches\u201d to the US and relevant parties.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand, the UK, and the US are members of the alliance, besides Australia and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>China will \u201ctake necessary measures to safeguard our lawful rights and interests,\u201d said Lin.<\/p>\n<p>He said Chinese cybersecurity institutions had \u201creleased a series of reports on the US government\u2019s cyberattacks on China and other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet the US government has been silent about them. We urge the US to adopt a responsible approach in cyberspace and stop framing the innocent,\u201d said Lin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Pushing back accusations of \u201cstate-sponsored\u201d cyberattacks by the US and the UK, China on Tuesday said it was itself the victim of such actions, offering collaboration to deal with cybersecurity challenges. China \u201cfirmly opposes and combats all kinds of cyberattacks, and is committed to working with all countries&#8230; to strengthen cooperation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[242,243,4296,4297,171,1677,4299,2057,233,4295,4298,2773,386,304],"class_list":["post-28728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eritrea","tag-apt31","tag-apt40","tag-china","tag-cyberattack","tag-cybersecurity","tag-disinformation","tag-eritrea","tag-five-eyes-alliance","tag-lin-jian","tag-new-zealand","tag-uk","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>China rejects US, UK \u2018disinformation\u2019 on cyberattacks - 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