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China pushes back against Exchange attack sponsorship claims
China has very firmly pushed back against the accusation it paid contractors to attack Microsoft's Exchange Server. The USA, UK, NATO and other nations on Monday named China as the source of the attack. On Tuesday, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian, responded to accusations that China's Ministry of …
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Thursday 22nd July 2021 09:35 GMT lglethal
And have you, China, provided the addresses and details of these "American" miscreants to the relevant American authorities? I'm sure some of them are NSA or the like, but how many are just regular miscreants who have chosen not to p&ss in their own backyard (in order to avoid the local plod, like the Russian crews). I have no doubt the US would also like to collar those miscreants. It would be a nice little bit of publicity to say "See we're stopping our own miscreants! Now its time for Russian and China to do the same!". The Yanks are not going to avoid an opportunity like that, if you give them the details! So why havent you protected your citizens and handed over the details?
And having been provided with the details by the US, UK and EU of your Chinese miscreants have you acted against them?
Hmmm... Methinks he doth protest too much...
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Thursday 22nd July 2021 09:47 GMT Eclectic Man
What did everyone expect?
Let me get this straight - everyone with the technical ability spies on everyone else, if they think they can get away with it?
Sounds about right. Plus
Everyone who is spied upon complains that this is aggressive and not fair.
Sounds about right too.
The USA, NATO etc complain about Russia, North Korea and the PRC using technology to enhance their 'intelligence gathering capabilities', while doing the exact same thing themselves. (If 'our lot' didn't they would have some serious questions to answer to the relevant government ministers and parliamentary select committees.)
There are spy agencies and criminals in all countries, some more effective than others, and some are probably difficult to tell apart. Forgive me but I am not entirely surprised.
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Thursday 22nd July 2021 10:51 GMT Anonymous Coward
Can't the UK disclose how we know it's China?
They said it's state-sponsored. I'm sure they have a way to figure this out, but it's a pity if they can't tell us what it is. China is saying "you can't just trust governments to tell you these things" and it has a point. What we need is a more concrete public statement of exactly why we think the state was behind it.
(Anonymous because I don't want to be killed by a random Chinese vigilante if I upset them)
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Thursday 22nd July 2021 13:27 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Can't the UK disclose how we know it's China?
Given the amount of state sponsored hacking done by the "good guys" they are fairly sure the same amount of hacking is done by the bad guys. Based on who/what is targeted it's also not too hard to figure out if it is a supposed "ally", indiscriminate cyber crime gang or supposed "enemy state".
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