Chinese ambassador summoned to court over attacks
It seems that the Chinese are still active on the Internet. However, this time their hacking attacks have been noticed and the Chinese ambassador has been summoned for a talk.
It is no secret that the intelligence agencies of powers such as USA Whether China are active on the network. They are used for this purpose special hacker groupswhich aim to spread disinformation, hack into government servers and obtain valuable information.
China is implementing its plans by stealing information.
Of course, this type of action It’s hard to proveand even after tracking down where the attack came from, you can always deny any connection with the criminals. This time, however, although with considerable delay, the Chinese are being ripped off. The Chinese ambassador to Germany was summoned by the local government.
German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin summoned Chinese ambassador over cyberattackwhich targeted the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) in 2021. These are not suspicions, but certain information, as the spokesman for the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
BKG is a German agency dealing with mapping and geodetic data. It also cooperates with other government and private sources to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date geographical map of Germany. They are more detailed than, for example, Google Maps and have crucial for the security of the state.
It is for this very reason that China encrypts its GPS data. Just look at the aforementioned Google Maps in satellite view to see that road markings do not match the photos.
As reported by the Zeit newspaper, the attack was detected after “accurate technical analysis” with the help of intelligence. According to the findings, it was carried out from several different sites, including infected BKG employee devices, in order to conceal its source. In addition to the successful Chinese intrusion into the BKG network, the German government has noticed that there have been several cyberattacks on IT service providers who work on government contracts.
The German Interior Ministry stated that China is implementing “an offensive cyber strategy that is designed to make a significant contribution to the country’s industrial and geopolitical goals through broad-based knowledge transfer”. Of course, it would be foolish to assume that summoning the Chinese ambassador to the carpet would change anything.
