[HIB]Chinese experts rebute Pentagon cyber report

Chinese experts on Tuesday refuted claims by the Pentagon released in a report that China is developing cyberwarfare capabilities, saying that the U.S. military was attempting to blacken China's image. "I've never heard about any plans by China to develop its cyber attack forces, not to mention China's so-called 'organized cyber intrusion," Hu Qiheng, president of the Internet Society of China (ISC) told Xinhua on the sidelines of the China Internet Conference, which opened here Tuesday. "It is a mere fabrication that China is using computer technologies to intrude on other countries' sovereignty," Hu said. The Chinese expert's comments came after the U.S. Department of Defense concluded early Tuesday in its annual assessment report sent to the U.S. Congress that "China is fielding...cyberwarfare capabilities to hold targets at risk throughout the region." "The U.S. purpose (of releasing such a report) is to tarnish China's image and exaggerate the threat China poses," Hu said.

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