China has faced continuous cyberattacks since February involving US internet addresses used to take over Chinese computers to target Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the country’s Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT/CC).
CNCERT/CC is a non-governmental non-profit cybersecurity technical center and the key coordination team for China’s cybersecurity emergency response community.
“Monitoring by the CNCERT/CC found that since late February, China’s internet has continuously faced cyberattacks from abroad. These overseas groups attacked by taking control of computers in the country to carry out cyberattacks on Russia, Ukraine and Belarus,” Xinhua quoted the center as saying.
Most of these attacks came from the United States, but some of them were launched from other countries, such as Germany and the Netherlands.
Cyberattacks have been a major point of tension between the US and its allies and China, as the former accused China of multiple cyber intrusions, including the widespread Microsoft Exchange hack in 2021.
China has long denied its involvement in cyberattacks, and has called such allegations “malicious smears”.
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