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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 6 sepTember 2022
China accuses Washington of cyberspying on university

By JOE McDONALD to exporting underwater
Associated Press and marine technology to
BEIJING (AP) — China on Northwestern Polytechnical
Monday accused Wash- University without required
ington of breaking into licenses.
computers at a university The NSA, part of the De-
that U.S. officials say does partment of Defense, is
military research, add- responsible for “signals in-
ing to complaints by both telligence,” or obtaining
governments of rampant communications and other
online spying against each data.
other. The Computer Virus Emer-
Northwestern Polytechnical gency Response Center,
University reported com- set up in 1996 by the police
puter break-ins in June, department of the eastern
the National Computer Vi- city of Tianjin, describes it-
rus Emergency Response self as the Chinese agency
Center announced. It said responsible for inspection
the center, working with a and testing of anti-comput-
commercial security pro- er virus products.
vider, Qihoo 360 Technolo- In this image taken from video footage run by China’s CCTV, Northwestern Polytechnical University A report by Qihoo 360 in
gy Co., traced the attacks is seen in Xi’an, in northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. 2020 said hacking tools
to the National Security Associated Press used in attacks on Chinese
Agency but didn’t say how The U.S. actions “seriously respond to a request for underwater drones and companies and govern-
that was done. endanger China’s national comment. missile technology. ment agencies in 2008-19
China and the United security,” said Foreign Min- Security experts say the Monday’s announcement were traced to the Cen-
States are, along with Rus- istry spokeswoman Mao ruling Communist Party’s accused the United States tral Intelligence Agency by
sia, regarded as global Ning. She also accused military wing, the People’s of taking information about comparing them with code
leaders in cyberwarfare re- Washington of eavesdrop- Liberation Army, and the the university’s network in CIA tools disclosed by
search. ping on Chinese mobile Ministry of State Security management and other the Wikileaks group.
China accuses the United phones and stealing text also sponsor hackers out- “core technologies.” It said The hackers targeted a
States of spying on univer- messages. side the government. Chinese analysts found 41 “zero day,” or previously
sities, energy and internet “China strongly condemns Northwestern Polytechnical “network attack” tools that unreported, vulnerability in
companies and other tar- it,” Mao said. “The United University, in the western it said were traced to the the school’s security, the
gets. Washington accuses States should immediately city of Xi’an, is on a U.S. gov- NSA. statement said. It said the
Beijing of stealing commer- stop using its advantages ernment “entity list” that Last year, a Chinese man, break-ins were conducted
cial secrets and has an- to steal secrets and attack limits its access to Ameri- Shuren Qin, was sentenced from servers in 17 countries
nounced criminal charges other countries.” can technology. Washing- to two years in prison by including Japan, South
against Chinese military of- The American Embassy in ton says the university helps a federal court in Boston Korea, Sweden, Poland,
ficers. Beijing didn’t immediately the PLA develop aerial and after he pleaded guilty Ukraine and Colombia. q

U.S. B-52 bombers fly over Middle East amid tensions with Iran

By ISABEL DEBRE Force officer in the Middle “maintaining aerial secu- drone before releasing it which have witnessed re-
Associated Press East said in a statement. rity in Israel and the Middle as an American warship peated maritime attacks.
DUBAI, United Arab Emir- “Missions like this ... show- East.” trailed it. The U.S. Navy has Tensions also remain high
ates (AP) — The United case our ability to com- Central Command was been deploying ultra-en- after recent confrontations
States military said Monday bine forces to deter and, expanded last year to in- durance aerial surveillance between U.S. forces and
it flew a pair of nuclear-ca- if necessary, defeat our clude Israel, a move seen drones to monitor threats Iranian-backed militias in
pable B-52 long-distance adversaries.” Although the to encourage regional co- in the crucial waterways, the region.q
bombers over the Middle U.S. military’s Central Com- operation against Iran un-
East in a show of force, the mand did not mention Iran, der former President Don-
latest such mission in the Washington has frequently ald Trump.
region as tensions remain dispatched B-52 bombers Trump’s decision four years
high between Washington to the region as hostilities ago to withdraw the U.S.
and Tehran. simmered between the U.S. from Tehran’s landmark
The bombers took off from and Iran. The last such fly- nuclear deal with world
the Royal Air Force base at over was in June. powers sparked a series of
Fairford, England, and flew Iran’s regional foe, Israel, escalating incidents in the
over the eastern Mediter- also joined in the multina- region.
ranean, the Arabian Pen- tional mission. Though un- Even as diplomats now
insula and the Red Sea on acknowledged by the U.S., wrangle over a possible
Sunday in training missions three Israeli F-16 fighter jets revival of the nuclear ac-
together with Kuwaiti and accompanied the Ameri- cord, Iran’s navy seized
Saudi warplanes, before can bombers “through Isra- two American sea drones
departing the region. el’s skies on their way to the in the Red Sea last week. This photo released by the U.S. Air Force shows a B-52H
“Threats to the U.S. and our (Persian) Gulf,” the Israeli That capture came just Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force
partners will not go unan- military said, describing the days after the country’s Base, North Dakota, flying over the Middle East on Sunday, Sept.
swered.,” Lt. Gen. Alexus country’s cooperation with paramilitary Revolutionary 4, 2022.
Grynkewich, the top U.S. Air the U.S. military as key to Guard towed another sea Associated Press