government was expanding its channels of disinformation beyond government agencies. for geopolitical reasons and that the report from Microsoft analysts showed that the U.S. Mao said the campaign was launched by the U.S. While China and the United States routinely spy on each other, analysts say this is one of the largest known Chinese cyber-espionage campaigns against American critical infrastructure.Ĭhinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday the hacking allegations were a "collective disinformation campaign" from the Five Eyes countries, a reference to the intelligence sharing grouping of countries made up of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the UK. island territory of Guam, home to strategically important American military bases, Microsoft said in a report, adding that "mitigating this attack could be challenging." critical infrastructure organizations, from telecommunications to transportation hubs, Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft (MSFT.O) said on Wednesday. May 24 (Reuters) - A state-sponsored Chinese hacking group has been spying on a wide range of U.S.
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