Western spy agencies have alleged that Chinese hackers have used spy malware to attack critical infrastructure on American military bases in Guam
According to experts, this is one of the largest known cyber espionage campaigns against the US.
Together with the Five Eyes alliance – comprising the intelligence agencies of the US, Australia, Britain, New Zealand and Canada – Microsoft published details of the malware on Wednesday.
Microsoft, which flagged the breach, says the malicious code was installed to spy on and disrupt “communications infrastructure between the US and Asia during future crises”.
In responding to queries at a Chinese foreign ministry press briefing, spokeswoman Mao Ning called the US the “hacker empire” and dismissed the report as having a “serious lack of evidence chain”.
