australian media hypes up "chinese hackers" again, china refutes false reports
2024-09-13
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[global times comprehensive report] according to the australian broadcasting corporation (abc) on the 12th, the australian government sent a team of cyber experts to fiji to assist the pacific islands forum secretariat, which is headquartered in fiji, in dealing with its network being attacked by hackers. australian media falsely claimed that these hacker attacks were supported by china. the chinese ministry of foreign affairs refuted that the australian media's reports were false information for political purposes, aimed at provoking relations between regional countries and china.
abc said that the cyber attacks against the pacific islands forum secretariat were first discovered in february this year, but it is possible that they were earlier. these attacks were intended to collect information about the operation of the secretariat and the communication information between the secretariat and the member states of the pacific islands forum. to this end, the australian government sent a team of cyber experts to fiji to help deal with this issue. over time, the expert team helped the secretariat to expel hackers and repair its computer network. the australian cyber security center claimed that the attack was "performed by a group of hackers supported by the chinese government."
a source told the abc that the pacific islands forum had privately informed its member states of the cyber attack, but the secretariat has not publicly disclosed the attack or attributed it to china.
in recent years, vanuatu, tonga and papua new guinea have all suffered major ransomware attacks. australian media took the opportunity to discredit china, claiming that china is continuing to expand its interests in the pacific region and its competition with the west in the region is intensifying. it also attributed many cyber attacks to "hacker groups supported by the chinese government."
in a statement to the abc, the chinese embassy in australia denied that china was the mastermind behind the hacking incident, calling it "a fabricated story with no basis". china also told the abc that it "should respect facts, abide by media professional standards such as objectivity, fairness and professionalism, should not make inferences without verifying the facts, and should not spread false information that misleads public opinion and smears china".
regarding the false reports by australian media, chinese foreign ministry spokesman mao ning refuted the report on the 12th, saying that we have noticed the relevant reports and also noticed that the pacific islands forum secretariat did not link the hacker attack to china. mao ning said: "i want to emphasize that the south pacific is not the backyard of any country. i hope that relevant parties will fully respect the rights of south pacific countries to develop balanced relations with all parties." (zhou yang)
