Facing more hackers' attacks, China insists on calling for
international cooperation to prevent hackers' attacks instead of
blaming the attacks on any country, an expert said Saturday.
Recently, some foreign report said several western countries'
government or military computer systems were attacked by hackers,
said Wang Xinjun, researcher of Academy of Military Sciences. "It's
very strange and surprising that only one or two websites of
attacks are from China among the thousands hackers' websites, some
officials and media arbitrarily blame these attacks on China, " he
said.
"In fact, hackers' attacks on China's computer systems have
surged in recent years and China is facing more severe situation of
information security than any western country," he said.
"But Chinese government never blames it on any other country and
insists on calling for international cooperation to crack down on
internet-wrecking crime," he said.
"The Chinese government has always adopted a serious attitude to
information security and regarded the internet-wrecking crimes as
common challenges to non-traditional security of the whole world,"
he said, noting China has issued several laws and regulations to
safeguard computer system security and strengthened its research on
computer system security.
He said the most effective way to fight internet-wrecking crimes
is to strengthen international cooperation.
"Countries concerned should abandon doubts and prejudice towards
other country especially the cold war mentality, and establish
mutual trust and reach consensus on cooperation," he said.
"Countries should strengthen exchanges of information on
hackers' attacks and make it easier for other countries to track
down on the hackers," he said, adding "exchanges of personnel and
information are also necessary to improve effectiveness of fight
against hackers."
The Guardian reported earlier this month that Chinese
hackers, some believed to be from the People's Liberation Army,
have been attacking the computer networks of British government
departments.
The disclosures came after reports that the Chinese military had
hacked into a Pentagon military computer network in June. The
Financial Times said Tuesday that American officials
called it the most successful cyber attack on the Pentagon.
On Sept. 6, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu
rebutted the accusations that its military hacked into the British
government's computer network,?calling them "groundless" and
"irresponsible".
"The Chinese government has always opposed any internet-wrecking
crime, including hacking, and cracked down on it according to law,"
Jiang said.
Chinese government has expressed its willingness to strengthen
international cooperation, Jiang said.
"However, according to my knowledge, China's police have not
received any requests from relevant countries for a joint
investigation," Jiang said.
(Xinhua News Agency September 22, 2007)