December 11th.
Ministry *** release message:
Organs, in conjunction with relevant departments.
Carry out geographic information data.
Special investigation and management of security risks.
Foreign espionage and intelligence agencies
Use of GIS software to steal secrets
Recently, the first organ found in the work that the overseas geographic information system software used in China's relevant important industries and fields has collected external geographic information data, and some of the data are important and sensitive, and even involve state secrets, which poses a serious threat to China.
According to reports, geographic information data, as an important strategic data resource and a new factor of production, can be widely used in precision agriculture, energy and power and other industries, as well as daily express delivery, online shopping, takeaway and other life scenarios. Geographic information system software is a professional software with functions such as geographic information data collection, storage, analysis, management, and sharing. These powerful software can annotate all kinds of collected geographic information on the map, and analyze and display it as needed, and the coordinate accuracy can even reach the centimeter level.
However, certain foreign organizations, institutions, and individuals have attempted to use GIS software to carry out intelligence theft activities. For example:
In the process of using the software, it will automatically connect to overseas servers and collect user data without restrictions
Deliberately pre-built "backdoors" in software to open the door to cyberattacks and data theft, etc.
In addition, a small number of users have weak awareness of data security, and mark the high-precision geographical location coordinates of urban pipe networks, military targets, and secret-related units on the map, resulting in serious risks of leakage of secrets, which may cause irreparable losses.
A map of the urban pipe network drawn by overseas GIS softwareGeospatial data is stolen
or threaten the military security of the country
In July this year, the Jianghan Branch of the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau in Hubei Province issued a police report saying that the network equipment of the front-end station collection point of the Wuhan Municipal Monitoring Center suffered a network attack and was implanted by a hacker group with a backdoor program, and the relevant intensity data is very likely to be stolen, which seriously threatens China
There is plenty of evidence that the U.S. intelligence agencies are behind the cyberattack. According to experts, it is likely that the attackers are trying to steal our country's sensitive geographical and geological intelligence data for military reconnaissance purposes.
Geographic information data belongs to the most valuable intelligence, and is the focus of intelligence theft by foreign espionage and intelligence agencies. By stealing China's high-precision geographic information data, we can restore the three-dimensional geomorphological map of specific areas in important fields such as transportation, energy, and military, and provide key support for reconnaissance and surveillance and military operations, which will seriously threaten the security of our affairs.
In view of the above security risks, the ** organs, together with relevant departments, shall carry out special investigation and governance of geographic information data security risks, guide and assist the units involved in carrying out inventory and rectification, and promptly eliminate major data theft, leakage and other security risks.
The Counter-Espionage Law stipulates that stealing, espionage, buying, or illegally providing data related to relationships and benefits carried out by foreign institutions, organizations, or individuals, or instigated or financed by others, or carried out by domestic institutions, organizations, or individuals in collusion with them, is an act of espionage.
If citizens find the above related behaviors, they can call 12339, log in to the Internet report acceptance platform, and report through the WeChat report acceptance channel.
Everyone is responsible.
**: CCTV Military