After the US National Security Agency released a cybersecurity advisory this week warning of certain vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-backed hackers, China’s Foreign Ministry hit back. The US is an “empire of hacking”, ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said during a press conference on Wednesday, citing surveillance programmes unveiled by leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in 2013.“It is indeed ironic news that the US National Security Agency, as the main implementer of the…
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