Chinese state media this week over-reported to distract from the revelations of a massive Chinese cyber attack on US infrastructure, claiming that China is in fact the world’s largest cybercrime victim and the world’s information security leader. The United States is said to be the greatest threat to Japan.
China’s state-owned Global Times carefully avoided mentioning bombshell reports about bolt typhoona Chinese state hacking group was thwarted by Microsoft security experts and the FBI last week.
The Bolt Typhoon hackers infiltrated critical infrastructure systems such as ports, oil pipelines, and power grids, hiding without stealing data or causing any damage, leading to the U.S. becoming embroiled in a conflict with China. It is believed that they were waiting for orders from the Chinese government to cause havoc in the event of a crisis. The likely setting for such a confrontation would be Taiwan, whose infrastructure was damaged by Operation Bolt Typhoon.
Without saying it all, Global Times I used Wednesday Editor This is to condemn the “American APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) organization,” which is said to operate indiscriminately around the world.
Humorously quoting “China experts” who suddenly found American hackers everywhere, the day after the FBI crushed Beijing’s massive cyber-espionage operation. Global Times An editorial paper bag about “uncontrollable developments in the United States regarding cybersecurity threats,” none of which “China experts” could actually explain.
instead, Global Times He quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin tweeting that the United States was the “root of all evil” when it came to cyber threats, then spewed 10 paragraphs of dark speculation about all things American. did it If we choose to unleash the dark sorcerers who sit restlessly at their keyboards in the basements of the CIA and the attics of the NSA, we will do so.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin responds to questions at the ministry’s daily briefing in Beijing (GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images).
Americans may indeed hope The Chinese Communist Party’s “experts” are right about the formidable destructive power of U.S. cyber special forces, but the point is that China has just been caught red-handed destroying computer systems around the world.The controversy is about China’s reality did, It’s not a theoretical ability.
About halfway up the screed, Global Times I forgot what I was supposed to talk about and complained about the US government working with Big Tech companies on cyber espionage. Harder:
The United States led the creation of the Alliance and established the CA/Browser Forum internationally, led by Google. Members of this alliance include companies involved in browsers, web servers, auditing, cryptographic algorithms, hardware gateways, and more. Additionally, the United States introduced a filing system and established a Certificate Transparency (CT) system. This means that all international digital certificate authorities must submit files to this system before issuing digital certificates. If they don’t, the alliance will blacklist them, according to the report.
Additionally, the United States’ global dominance in the field of smart terminals gives it a platform to capture sensitive user data through the global sale and operation of operating systems and internet services.
Again, actually China teeth harvest Terabytes of user data via compromised platforms like TikTok. Many domestic privacy advocates worry about what would happen if the United States started doing the same thing. federal bureaucracy, intelligence communityand american companies It will take years to catch up with China’s web of user data, politically weaponized against domestic adversaries and stolen from foreigners.
This photo illustration shows the logo of Chinese video-sharing social networking service company TikTok displayed on an Android mobile device against the background of the People’s Republic of China flag (Photo illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images).
Another frequent target of Chinese cyber espionage is the Philippines, which is fighting back against Chinese aggression in the South China Sea.Last week, Chinese hackers I’ve tried Compromises Philippine government websites and email accounts, including those of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the coast guard.
The Philippines very tactfully stated that it had provided evidence that the attacks were from China and that it was “appealing to the Chinese government to prevent further attacks.”
of Global Times answered On Wednesday, another rallying cry accused Philippine hackers of victimizing poor and powerless China.
This time, the Chinese Communist Party newspaper briefly acknowledged allegations of wrongdoing against China, but then waved them away and claimed that “China is the biggest victim of cyberattacks.”
Li Baisong, deputy director of the Antiy Technology Group’s technical committee, told the Global Times on Tuesday that there were thousands of cyberattacks against China in 2023 that traced IP addresses to the Philippines, most of which ended in failure. Ta.
“We found that a certain percentage of the cyberattacks came from two non-governmental hacker groups in the Philippines, Anonymous Philippines and critzone, and some of the attacks were difficult to identify and track,” Lee said. .
Xiao Xinguang, chief software architect at Antiy, told the Global Times on Tuesday that China has been under attack and interference from a variety of threat actors for years, frequently coming from Northeast Asia, the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea and South Asia. He said an attack was underway. .
Before readers ask about the nature of these Philippine non-state actors’ hacking attempts, or whether any of them are as serious as the one Manila repelled from China last week; Global Times He went on to complain about all the cyberwarfare that has bubbled up from conflicts such as the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas war, perhaps underscoring the argument that all actors in cyberspace except China are dangerous.
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