People's Daily closest to official reponse from Beijing to McAfee revelation that global campaign hit 72 organisations including UN
China's leading state newspaper has dismissed as "irresponsible" suggestions that Beijing was the "state actor" behind massive internet hacking of governments and companies.
The report in the Friday edition of the People's Daily, the main mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist party, did not quote any official reaction to the hacking allegations but is the closest to an official response from Beijing.
The security company McAfee this week said it had discovered a five-year long campaign of cyber attacks on the networks of governments, organisations and businesses.
It did not name the "state actor" it believed was behind the attacks but several experts pointed the finger at China.
The People's Daily disputed the suggestions. "Linking China to internet hacking attacks is irresponsible," it said. "The McAfee report claims that a 'state actor' engaged in hacking for a large-scale internet espionage operation, but its analysis clearly does not stand up to scrutiny."
McAfee said the 72 victims in the hacking campaign included the governments of the United States, Taiwan, India, South Korea, Vietnam and Canada. Other targets were the United Nations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the International Olympic Committee; and an array of companies from defence contractors to high-tech enterprises.
The Chinese government has used the People's Daily to round on earlier foreign claims of hacking.
In early June, Google said it suspected Chinese hackers of trying to steal the passwords of hundreds of Google email account holders, including those of US government officials, Chinese rights activists and journalists.
The overseas edition of the People's Daily hit back by saying that Google had become a "political tool" used to vilify the Chinese government, and warning that the US internet giant's statements could hurt its business.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/05/china-cyber-hacking-denied-mcafee
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