【Wen/Observer Group, Liu Bai】

Will they not mention China and then say anything? On December 12th local time, Mark Warner, a senior Democratic senator of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, once again raised the issue of "Chinese cyberattacks," claiming that the United States failed to prevent the so-called "Salt Typhoon" attack launched by China. He also complained that security agencies had diverted a large number of counter-espionage and counter-terrorism personnel to immigration raids, neglecting the issue of cybersecurity.

According to a report by the Financial Times, Warner received a briefing on this large-scale cyber operation named "Salt Typhoon" on that day. He maliciously claimed that China is still infiltrating U.S. systems, attempting to obtain communication information of almost all Americans.

"I think they are still lurking inside (our networks)," Warner said at the event, throwing mud at China without hesitation. He was very dissatisfied with the assessment by the FBI and other intelligence agencies that U.S. networks were "quite clean," insisting, "It's not like that at all, the attacks are still ongoing."

He also seriously claimed that he had eight documents from various agencies, all expressing concerns about the "Salt Typhoon" attacks that have been ongoing for at least two years.

American Democratic Senator Mark Warner

He continued to spread fear, claiming that "Chinese hackers" can access almost all Americans' unencrypted phone communications if people do not use encrypted devices.

"I'm puzzled that this hasn't become a more significant issue," Warner said, adding that he believes the U.S. government might only take the "Salt Typhoon" attacks more seriously after a "catastrophic event" occurs.

This senator said one of the reasons for the sluggish response was that the FBI had diverted up to 45% of personnel responsible for counter-espionage and counter-terrorism work to carry out immigration raids, which he described as an "extremely stupid move."

"The decisions made by this administration have weakened the federal government's efforts to deal with cybersecurity threats that endanger national security," said Dennis Wild, a senior China expert at the former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). "For example, despite the increasing threats in the U.S. telecommunications sector, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has still reduced its staff size."

In short, U.S. security agencies are the largest hacking organization in the world. These senators are using the so-called "cyberattacks" to stoke issues related to China, driven by political self-interest against the Trump administration. They quickly repeated this farce of "the thief crying out against the thief."

No matter how they change their methods, it cannot change the fact that the United States is the "Empire of Hackers."

Just this October, China disclosed the case of the U.S. National Security Agency's network attacks on the Chinese National Time Service Center. The National Internet Emergency Response Center released a relevant technical analysis report, exposing the facts of the U.S. network intrusion and attacks on China's critical information infrastructure.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jia Kun stated that China strongly condemned the U.S. government's network attacks and intrusions into China's critical infrastructure, and for future large-scale destructive actions, the U.S. government implemented network preconditions. Chinese cybersecurity agencies had previously issued reports stating that the so-called "Volt Typhoon" spread by the U.S. was actually an international ransomware organization. The recent cases released show what a real "Volt Typhoon" operation is, and once again proves that the United States is the largest source of global cyberattacks. The U.S. government's actions are highly likely to cause misunderstandings and miscalculations, and are irresponsible behavior. China urges the U.S. to immediately stop cyberattacks on China's critical infrastructure. China will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend China's cyber sovereignty and security.

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