Yesterday, Chinese analysts weighed in on allegations that China is the base of a large cyber spy system. From China Daily:
China was accused of using malicious software to infiltrate and take control of almost 1,300 computers in 103 countries, including those used in several foreign ministries, embassies and the private office of the exiled Tibetan politician.
“This is purely another political issue that the West is trying to exaggerate,” said Song Xiaojun, a Beijing-based strategy and military analyst. “As China grows, some in the West are trying every opportunity to manufacture fears over China’s threat.”
The claims were made in The Snooping Dragon: Social Malware Surveillance of the Tibetan Movement, a report released by the Information Warfare Monitor, which is made up of researchers from an Ottawa-based think tank and the University of Toronto, reported the New York Times.
