Is China violating anti-hacking agreement with the US?
- Intelligence agency thinks so, but says number of attacks has dropped dramatically
A senior US intelligence official has accused China of violating an agreement with the United States aimed at stopping cyber espionage through the hacking of government and corporate data.
When asked if China was violating the 2015 agreement between then president Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, National Security Agency official Rob Joyce said on Thursday: “We think they are.”
But he said the number of attacks had dropped “dramatically” since the agreement.
“While it’s not black and white, [China] met the agreement or they didn’t meet the agreement, it’s clear that they are well beyond the bounds today of the agreement that was forged between our countries,” Joyce said.
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Speaking in Beijing on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying rejected the U.S. allegations.
“The U.S. accusations lack factual basis. China firmly opposes them,” she told a daily news briefing.