The Chinese authorities have denied this Thursday any implication in the activities of hacker groups that, according to Washington, would have launched cyberattacks against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Federal Reserve (Fed), the Senate, and various agencies of the United States Government. In light of these accusations, Beijing has urged the White House to address such incidents "through dialogue."
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lin Jian, has pointed out in a press appearance that Beijing "strongly opposes disinformation based on political motivations." "The accusations from the United States lack any evidence," he stated, according to information from the newspaper 'Global Times.'
In this regard, he emphasized that "Washington is widely recognized as the largest surveillance and hacking empire in the world. We ask that the United States abandon this political manipulation and stop acting hypocritically to begin addressing security risks through equal dialogue with China."
The spokesperson's statements come just hours after U.S. authorities ordered the shutdown of several websites linked to "two hacking platforms" that, according to Washington, would have been created by a group backed by the Chinese government with the aim of carrying out cyberattacks.
The FBI director, Kash Patel, has emphasized that this operation "is just the most recent technical operation against China-sponsored hacking and responds to the Cyber Strategy of the United States driven by President Donald Trump. Thus, he stated that the FBI is intensifying its efforts to influence the behavior of the "adversary" and "defend national security in cyberspace."