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China Accuses U.S. Spy Agency of Winter Games Cyberattacks

In Cyberattack, News
April 15, 2025
China Accuses U.S. Spy Agency of Winter Games Cyberattacks

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Chinese police issued wanted notices for three people they said engaged in cyberattacks against China on behalf of the U.S. National Security Agency, a rare step by Beijing as hostilities between the superpowers escalate.

The accusations that the NSA targeted the Asian Winter Games held in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin in February are part of efforts by Beijing to present China as a victim of U.S. aggression alongside the Trump administration’s hefty tariffs against the country.

China’s official Xinhua News Agency, citing Chinese investigators, said the attackers used front organizations to buy IP addresses in different countries and anonymously rented servers in Europe and in Asia to conceal their origins.

Read more at MSN.