Malware attacks from China and Russia designed to shut down the U.S. electrical grid in a time of war did not occur, China said Thursday.
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"The incident of attacks on the U.S. electrical grid from China and Russia simply does not exist," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters, according to a transcript of the briefing.
"We hope the concerned media will cautiously handle groundless statements and especially critiques against China."
Widespread intrusions by cyberspies in countries including China and Russia have infected the U.S. power grid with software that could be used to halt its operation, a Wall Street Journal report said this week, citing unnamed U.S. national security officials.
The newest allegations of Chinese cyberespionage follow long-standing concern that a coordinated attack on the U.S. power grid could cripple its operation.
China produces the majority of the world's malware but part of it could come from attackers in other countries, who often hide behind Chinese IP addresses.
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Yeah... right!By Anonymous on April 10, 2009, 12:20 pmChina is as pure as the driven snow. And speaking of snow, why is it that when "someone" tries to break into my FTP server, the address reverses to a Chinese block?...
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Chinese DNS and routing differences help mask attacksBy Anonymous on April 11, 2009, 12:06 amI've been warning for year everyone I could that one day China is going to find out in detail how the Internet really works on a very detailed technical level. ...
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Wake up, Americans!!By Anonymous on April 11, 2009, 6:16 pmDid anyone read "Unconditional Warfare" written by two Chinese officers who are now Generals of the Chinese People Army about their recommendation for spying and...
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