"US CIA-Linked Hacking Group Attacks Chinese Aviation and Internet Sectors for Over 10 Years"

[Asia Economy Beijing=Special Correspondent Park Sun-mi] It has been claimed that a hacking group linked to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been attacking China's aviation and aerospace sectors, scientific research institutions, internet companies, oil companies, and government agencies for over 10 years since 2008 using cyber weapons.

According to China's state-run Global Times on the 4th, Chinese internet security company Qihoo 360 asserted that CIA hackers grouped under the name 'APT-C-39' have been attacking various Chinese industries for more than a decade.

They explained that after comparing and analyzing the CIA's cyber weapons disclosed by the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks in 2017 with the malware used to attack Chinese institutions discovered by their company, they concluded that they match. They also added that the cyber weapons attacking various Chinese industries have been developed over several years by the CIA's research and development (R&D) team, with reports confirming that hundreds of millions of dollars were spent.

An anonymous white-hat hacker affiliated with Qihoo 360 told the Global Times in an interview, "Through big data analysis, we compared the characteristics, targets, and malware of numerous cyber attack cases with the leaked information inside the code-named 'Vault 7' released by WikiLeaks, and the details match exactly. Numerous pieces of evidence show that the hacker group attacking Chinese institutions belongs to the CIA."

The Global Times pointed out that this is the first time detailed and extensive evidence of U.S. cyber attacks against China has been publicly disclosed, and it will serve as decisive proof that the U.S. is a 'hacking empire.'

Chinese experts believe that the CIA likely stole a large amount of sensitive information from various Chinese sectors and are advising that the Chinese government should directly take legal action against CIA-related hackers.

This is not the first accusation that the CIA has hacked various Chinese sectors. In September last year, another Chinese internet security company also released a report exposing CIA hacking cases.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.