- The city of Harbin says that three NSA agents and two universities were involved in attacks on the country’s critical infrastructure
- The attacks allegedly took place during the Asian winter games
- They included running “Pre -installed” Windows Malware
Chinese authorities have accused the US National Security Agency (NSA) and a few US universities of conducting cyberattacks on the country’s critical infrastructure.
A report from the City of Harbin Public Security Bureau said three NSA agents were involved, as well as the University of California and Virginia Tech, in the attacks that took place during the Asian winter matches in February 2025
“The US National Security Agency (NSA) launched cyber attacks against important industries such as energy, transport, water protection, communication and national defense research institutions in Heilongjiang province,” the report claimed.
Social suffering
Harbin is located in northeastern China in Heilongjiang -Province bordering Russia. It sits on the southern shore of the Songhua River, making it an important regional hub near the Russian Far East and part of China’s coldest region.
The goal of the attacks was to sabotage China’s critical information infrastructure, it was further explained, “that causes social disorder and stealing important confidential information”.
There were no details about the agents or how universities were involved in the attacks.
Allegedly, they performed “repeatedly cyber attacks on China’s critical information infrastructure and participated in cyber attacks on Huawei and other companies.”
The report indicates that the campaign included the activation of “specific pre -installed back doors” in Microsoft Windows installed on some devices in Heilongjiang.
Cyber security researchers often warn of Chinese state-sponsored threat actors running cyber-espionage campaigns, malware attacks and other forms of cybercrime against critical infrastructure in the West. However, China always denies any involvement in these activities and instead accuses the United States of being the world’s largest cyber-bully.
In fact, it said on one occasion that Volt Typhoon, a well-known Chinese state-sponsored group, was actually a CIA active.
Via MSN
