BEIJING: China’s National Computer Emergency Response Center and other institutions jointly released a special report in April, revealing that the so-called “China-backed Volt Typhoon” hacking organization was hyped up by the United States.
A recent analysis released by the Chinese cybersecurity agencies reaffirmed the report, showing that the U.S. government agencies planned to implement the “Volt Typhoon” action at least from the beginning of 2023, aiming to continue the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702, which was previously due to expire at the end of 2023, so as to carry out cyber attacks on other countries.
On Sunday, a reporter from China Media Group obtained the latest investigation results from the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center of China regarding the disinformation campaign.
The joint report from the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, the National Engineering Laboratory for Computer Virus Prevention Technology and 360 Digital Security Group indicates that the campaign began no later than early 2023 and was directed behind the scenes by U.S. intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency (NSA) and FBI.
This campaign involved politicians holding anti-China views in the U.S. Congress, the White House, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security and cybersecurity authorities from the “Five Eyes” alliance countries.
This campaign exhibits typical characteristics of American-style internet marketing and constitutes a thorough “cognitive domain” operation based on targeted advertising, according to the report. –The Daily Mail-CGTN news exchange item
