The Times reported that shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine, China launched cyberattacks on Ukrainian military and nuclear targets.Figure: Taken from Trend Micro Facebook
Russia’s aggression once morest Ukraine has aroused the anger of the international community, but China, which is friendly to Russia, has not taken any action to stop Russia’s aggression. The British Times reported on the 1st that China had launched cyber attacks on Ukrainian military and nuclear targets shortly before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The website of the Chinese embassy in the UK published today the embassy spokesman’s “answers to reporters’ questions”. The content mentioned that the Times recently published a report that Ukrainian intelligence services accused China of carrying out large-scale attacks on Ukraine on the eve of Russia’s military action. Massive cyber attack. The Chinese embassy in the UK stressed that the relevant Ukrainian side stated that it had never conducted an investigation or provided any conclusions, which proves that the above-mentioned report by The Times is pure nonsense and cannot be trusted.
The Chinese embassy in the UK claimed that the Times’ China-related reports for a period of time “have been massively inaccurate, deliberately distorted and even smeared and smeared”, and strongly condemned the newspaper’s actions. According to an intelligence memo obtained by The Times, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) alleges that China was apparently informed in advance of the Russian invasion, as the hacking attack began before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics and took place on February 23, when Russia The day before the invasion of Ukraine peaked.
According to The Guardian, more than 600 websites, including the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, were attacked by thousands of hackers coordinated by the Chinese government. The SBU found that Ukrainian border guards and the National Bank were also attacked, with hackers intent on stealing data and attempting to sabotage or shut down defense and civilian infrastructure. The UK government announced: “The National Cyber Security Centre is working with our international partners to investigate the allegations”.
