On March 30th, Canadian researchers claimed to have discovered the "spy ghost network" in China, but the Chinese side refuted it. Qin Gang, spokesman of China’s Foreign Ministry, said on March 31st that some people abroad are always keen to fabricate rumors of so-called cyber espionage in China, which are totally groundless.
Qin Gang pointed out that there is a kind of "ghost" called "cold war" and a virus called "China threat theory" abroad, and people possessed by "cold war ghost" carry the virus of "China threat theory" and attack from time to time. These people’s attempts to discredit China through rumors will never succeed.
The Citizen Lab of moncton International Studies Center of the University of Toronto and SecDev Group in Ottawa released the report "China’s cyber spies invaded 1295 computers in 103 countries", and the response was low-key. When the reporter of Global Times tried to interview, Ronald, the spokesman of the report, said that he refused to be interviewed by the media, and stressed that the report they published did not accuse any organization, including the China government, of being responsible for this "ghost network". Ronald also said that "the presence of the server in China does not necessarily mean that it is related to the China government" and "I hope the outside world will read and understand the contents of the report carefully".
Despite China’s stated position and the low-key response of the researchers who submitted the report, some western scholars and media are still clamoring for "China’s espionage theory". On March 31st, CTV, a private Canadian television station, recalled the words of Canadian Public Security Minister Van Luoan, linking the China government with the "ghost spy network". When attending an international conference on cyber security in Washington, Fan Luoan called "network infiltration from abroad" the biggest hidden danger threatening Canadian national security, but did not mention China. However, some Canadian media and intelligence experts took the opportunity to involve China, linking this "ghost spy network" with China.
In France, a so-called "China intelligence expert" named Faligot claimed in an interview with AFP on March 30th that although there was no evidence in the Canadian report, his sources allowed him to judge that it was "obvious" that this cyber attack was related to "China agents", and "it can be said that there was irrefutable evidence". However, the "expert" did not submit what he called "hard evidence", but only repeated the words in the report. In 2008, this person published a book entitled "From Mao Age to Olympics: China’s Secret Activities".
German media said that the CIA or concocted a "ghost spy network" to plant China.
A few days ago, a report released by the University of Toronto claimed that there was a huge "ghost network" in China, and "China cyber spies invaded 1,295 computers in 103 countries in two years". All kinds of remarks have been heated by western media, which once again ignited the so-called "China Hacking Theory". In response to various rumors, many western experts said in an interview with the media that the China government’s participation in the "ghost network" was groundless, and some network experts also found that some anti-China organizations were behind the scenes. > > detailed
Editor: Liu Yuan