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China may be denying reports that its hackers have raided government cyber sites in Germany and the United States, but last night, the hackers were again accused of penetrating computer networks of the British Government.
London, Sept.5 : China may be denying reports that its hackers have raided government cyber sites in Germany and the United States, but last night, the hackers were again accused of penetrating computer networks of the British Government.
The so-called ''Cyber attacks'' on governmental networks in the UK by Chinese hackers are thought to have been going on for at least four years, according to a report in The Guardian.
According to The Telegraph, last year, part of the House of Commons computer system had to be shut down following a breach.
Whitehall officials said the House of Commons breach was initially believed to be by an individual, but was later discovered to be the work of an organised Chinese hacking group.
Alex Neill, China expert and head of the Asia Security Programme at the Royal United Services Institute, said cyber attacks by the Chinese reflected a new doctrine of the PLA described as "pressure point warfare" - the attacking of specific nodes to leave the adversary paralysed.
Meanwhile, a war of words between Beijing and Washington broke out yesterday after China denied US officials' claims that Chinese military hackers had broken into its computers, including that of Defence Secretary Robert Gates.
Officials claimed that part of the US defence computer system had to be shut for a week in June after the "cyber-attack".
The Chinese government attacked the reports as "groundless".
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Jiang Yu said: "China has all along been opposed to, and forbids, criminal activities undermining computer networks, including hacking.''
The reports follow allegations that the Chinese earlier this year hacked into computer systems in the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and three Germany ministries.
ANI
