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It seems that the history of cyber espionage has just become even more interesting.
Almost a decade after leaked documents from Edward Snowden revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) hacked the servers of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, Beijing has officially acknowledged the attack.
A report from the Department of State Security released on Wednesday said the NSA, through its Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), "systematically conducted attacks" on China in an attempt to steal "sensitive data."
"In 2009, [TAO] began hacking servers at Huawei's main office and continued to monitor them," according to the report, which was published on the ministry's official social media platform.
TAO, the NSA's cyberwar intelligence collection arm, is now called Computer Network Operations (CNO). In 2013, Snowden, a former NSA contractor, released internal documents showing that the agency's targets included Huawei's main office in Shenzhen.
In addition to Huawei Technologies, the ministry's report cites the hacking of Northwestern Polytechnic University in September 2022 as another example of China becoming a major target of US cyber espionage.
The release of the department's report comes less than a week after the department said it had identified NSA operatives during an investigation into the recent cyberattack on Northwestern Polytechnic University.
The report, titled "Uncovering the Main Methods of Cyber attacks and Covert Theft by US Intelligence Agencies," says that the NSA has created a "powerful arsenal of cyber attacks" to spy on and steal secrets from a number of countries.
The department accused the U.S. government of using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to force companies to open back doors in their systems.
The report also mentions another US company, Anomaly Six, which is said to have implemented its tracking software development kit in many mobile apps.
U.S. officials have long viewed Huawei as a security threat, blocking its deals in the U.S. and with its allies. According to Snowden's documents, the NSA hacking of Huawei's main office was an attempt to gain information about the company's routers and digital switches.
The operation, codenamed Shotgiant, tried to use Huawei's technology so that equipment sold to other countries could give the NSA access to computer and telephone networks.
Almost a decade after leaked documents from Edward Snowden revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) hacked the servers of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, Beijing has officially acknowledged the attack.
A report from the Department of State Security released on Wednesday said the NSA, through its Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), "systematically conducted attacks" on China in an attempt to steal "sensitive data."
"In 2009, [TAO] began hacking servers at Huawei's main office and continued to monitor them," according to the report, which was published on the ministry's official social media platform.
TAO, the NSA's cyberwar intelligence collection arm, is now called Computer Network Operations (CNO). In 2013, Snowden, a former NSA contractor, released internal documents showing that the agency's targets included Huawei's main office in Shenzhen.
In addition to Huawei Technologies, the ministry's report cites the hacking of Northwestern Polytechnic University in September 2022 as another example of China becoming a major target of US cyber espionage.
The release of the department's report comes less than a week after the department said it had identified NSA operatives during an investigation into the recent cyberattack on Northwestern Polytechnic University.
The report, titled "Uncovering the Main Methods of Cyber attacks and Covert Theft by US Intelligence Agencies," says that the NSA has created a "powerful arsenal of cyber attacks" to spy on and steal secrets from a number of countries.
The department accused the U.S. government of using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to force companies to open back doors in their systems.
The report also mentions another US company, Anomaly Six, which is said to have implemented its tracking software development kit in many mobile apps.
U.S. officials have long viewed Huawei as a security threat, blocking its deals in the U.S. and with its allies. According to Snowden's documents, the NSA hacking of Huawei's main office was an attempt to gain information about the company's routers and digital switches.
The operation, codenamed Shotgiant, tried to use Huawei's technology so that equipment sold to other countries could give the NSA access to computer and telephone networks.
