Chinese authorities have recently detected a number of cases of espionage and attempts to steal confidential information from abroad using unused or abandoned network equipment. This was reported by TASS Referring to the Ministry of State Security of the People’s Republic of China.
The ministry emphasized that outdated equipment in China emerged in the face of rapid modernization of Internet technologies. In some cases, it is used as a backdoor through which important information is leaked.
The Ministry stated that such situations seriously threaten the security of China’s cyberspace and data.
A court in Taiwan in early September prisoner Three military intelligence officers for spying for China.
All three were found guilty of creating a network of spies and passing classified information to PRC intelligence services. The list of leaks includes information about the organizational structure and personnel of Taiwanese intelligence, as well as its resources on the continent.
Previously Chinese intelligence agencies discovered spy weather stations.