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Investing.com -- Chinese officials have conceded that Beijing was responsible for a series of cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources. This revelation was made in a confidential meeting in December, highlighting the ongoing tension between the two global powers.
The Chinese representatives connected years of computer network breaches at U.S. ports, water utilities, airports, and other targets to the escalating U.S. policy support for Taiwan. This disclosure came as a surprise to American officials during a summit in Geneva with the departing Biden administration. Until now, Chinese officials have either attributed the cyberattacks, referred to by security researchers as Volt Typhoon, to criminal groups or accused the U.S. of exaggerating the threat.
The comments made by the Chinese official at the December meeting were indirect and somewhat ambiguous. However, most of the American delegation interpreted these as a veiled admission and a warning about the U.S.'s stance on Taiwan, according to a former U.S. official familiar with the meeting.
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