The Chinese government is denying accusations its agents hacked U.S. representative Frank Wolf’s computers, saying it does not possess the technological ability to do so. From Computer World:
“Is there any evidence? Do we have such advanced technology? Even I don’t believe it,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in today’s regularly scheduled news conference, according to the Associated Press. Translations of the Foreign Ministry’s Chinese-language transcript confirmed the AP account.
Qin was responding to allegations yesterday by Rep. Frank Wolf, (R-Va.), who said that four computers in his office were hacked in August 2006, and that subsequent investigations by both the House and the FBI determined that the attacks originated in the People’s Republic of China. “My suspicion is that I was targeted by Chinese sources because of my long history of speaking out about China’s abysmal human rights record,” Wolf said in a speech from the House floor on Wednesday.