BEIJING — Beijing (AFP) – China On Sunday, the US National Security Agency was accused of carrying it out Cyber attacks Any damage to relevant facilities could have disrupted grid communications, financial systems and power supplies, it said at its National Time Centre.
The Ministry of State Security claimed that the US agency exploited vulnerabilities in the messaging services of a foreign mobile phone brand to steal sensitive information from the devices of National Time Service Center employees in 2022. It did not identify the brand.
The US agency said in a post on WeChat, a Chinese social media platform, that it also used 42 types of “special cyber attack weapons” to target the center’s multiple internal network systems and attempted to infiltrate a key timing system between 2023 and 2024.
The ministry said it had evidence but did not submit it by mail.
She said the timing center is responsible for generating and distributing China’s standard time, as well as providing timing services to industries such as telecommunications, finance, energy, transportation and defense. The ministry added that it had provided guidance to the center to eliminate risks.
“The United States accuses others of what it does itself, and repeatedly amplifies claims about Chinese cyber threats,” the post said.
Western governments in recent years have done just that Alleged hackers linked to Targeted the Chinese government Officials, journalists, companies and others. The ministry’s statement may inflame tensions between Washington and Beijing, on top of trade, technology and Taiwan issues.
The US Embassy did not respond to the Chinese claim in an email response.
The response focused on Chinese cyberattacks, describing them as the most active and persistent threat to the American government and companies.