"A Chinese embassy in Australia confronted Australia's new cyber ambassador", the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) disclosed a scene that occurred in November last year on February 2: after being accused by Australia's senior ** of China and other countries posing a so-called "threat" to Australia, China** stood up on the spot to raise objections, saying that "China is a positive force and is beneficial to the world." The Chinese's words won the support of some diplomats from other countries present.
According to the ABC, the scene occurred during a briefing on Albanese's new cybersecurity strategy to foreign embassies in Australia. Brendan Dowling, who was appointed Australia's ambassador for cyber affairs and key technologies last year, was asked by a European diplomat: Which countries are considered a threat to Australia?
Dowling then said that Australia has publicly blamed China, Russia and Iran for several cyberattacks in recent years. In answering this question, Dowling also highlighted how Australia and its "Five Eyes" alliance last year identified a Chinese-backed hacking group as the culprit of a global cyberattack.
One of the two Chinese representatives present at the time stood up and refuted Dowling's remarks, the participants confirmed, "the Chinese representative stated that China wants to "cooperate constructively with other countries" on cyber matters.
China disagrees with Australia's assessment, and China is a positive force that benefits the world," the unnamed China** said before sitting down.
In response to the Chinese representative's remarks, Dowling said Australia has consistently "called on all countries to act responsibly in cyberspace," the report said.
A foreign ambassador attending the briefing told the ABC that a diplomat from an African country expressed support for the Chinese representative's claims, the ABC said.
In May last year, the Five Eyes alliance released a disinformation report accusing Chinese hackers of attacking critical U.S. infrastructure. Mao Ning, a spokesperson for China, responded at a press conference to China-related reports issued by individual Western countries and companies, saying, "This is a patchwork report, with a serious lack of evidence chain, and an extremely unprofessional report." The U.S. Bureau and other institutions, as well as relevant agencies in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and other countries, also issued similar reports, which is obviously a collective disinformation operation by the United States to launch the "Five Eyes" countries for geopolitical purposes. "As we all know, the Five Eyes alliance is the largest intelligence organization in the world. The U.S. Bureau is the largest 'hacker group' in the world. Their teaming up to publish a disinformation report is ironic in itself. Mao Ning said.
*: Global Network.
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