China state paper rejects hacking allegations

The People's Daily article echoed vehement government rejections last week after The New York Times and Wall Street Journal linked Beijing to cyber-attacks and the Washington Post accused Chinese hackers of targeting it.

The reports added to rising concerns about Chinese hacking — a U.S. congressional report last year said increasingly skilled Chinese state-backed entities were seeking to breach U.S. systems, calling the country “the most threatening actor in cyberspace.”

The front page Chinese-language commentary in the People's Daily, which could not be found on its English website, said: “Even those with little understanding of the Internet know that hacking attacks are transnational and concealable.

“IP addresses simply do not constitute sufficient evidence to confirm the origins of hackers,” it added.

The paper accused the U.S. of fanning “fear of China” out of self interest, saying that it has invoked national security as a justification for trade protectionism and economic sanctions.

“America keeps labeling China as hackers, simply playing up the rhetoric of the 'China threat' in cyberspace, providing new justification for America's strategy of containing China,” it added.

The article repeated the Beijing government's position that China is also a victim of hacking, saying that there were more attacks from U.S.-based IP addresses on Chinese websites in December than from any other country.

Despite this, it said, “China did not draw simple inferences or hasty conclusions about the attack source.”

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