China urges Canada to stop politicizing, stigmatizing cybersecurity issue following so-called advisory

The Chinese Embassy in Canada voiced firm opposition to the latest so-called cybersecurity advisory issued by the Canadian government which cited "cyber threats" from China, stressing that China firmly rejects such smears and slander.

In a statement issued on Wednesday local time, the embassy said despite China's repeated solemn representations, the Canadian side has once again smeared and slandered China over so-called "cyber threat" activities. China firmly opposes and rejects this.

The Canadian government issued a cyber security advisory on Tuesday local time, saying that it "has observed increasing levels of China threat actor activity, including activity associated to Salt Typhoon, targeting network edge routers across critical infrastructure sectors."

China is one of the primary victims of cyberattacks. We have always firmly opposed and cracked down on all forms of cyberattacks in accordance with the law, and we are committed to safeguarding cybersecurity, the embassy said.

We urge Canada to immediately stop politicizing and stigmatizing cybersecurity issues, and to cease making groundless accusations and attacks against China, the embassy noted.

By the end of 2024, the US fabricated a so-called "hacker group associated with the Chinese government" - the "Salt Typhoon," promoting the narrative of "Chinese cyber threats."

However, professionals in the field of cyberspace told the Global Times that the so-called "Salt Typhoon" not only lacks any substantial evidence but also exposes the fact that US intelligence agencies are conducting large-scale surveillance and espionage against their own citizens.

In response to the US' sanctions against relevant Chinese company and citizen involved with so-called Salt Typhoon's cyberattack, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in January that China opposes the accusations without any convincing evidence and their abuse of sanctions against China. In fact, the US has conducted large-scale and systemic cyberattacks on China for years. We have made very clear our concerns and opposition on this for many times.