中国反击军方参与黑客攻击指控

China has hit back at allegations that its army was behind a recent hacking attack on a US-based internet domain registry, dismissing the accusations as “groundless” and insisting it is a victim rather than perpetrator in the recent global surge in cyber warfare.

中国反击了对其军队曾参与实施对一家美国互联网域名注册机构的黑客攻击的指控，称这一指控“毫无依据”，并坚称中国是近年来愈演愈烈的全球网络战的受害者，而不是作恶者。

“The accusations of the Chinese army’s participation in cyber attacks are nothing new, and they are completely groundless,” the defence ministry said on Friday in a statement to the Financial Times.

“对于中国军队参与网络攻击的指控由来已久，它们毫无依据，”中国国防部周五在发给英国《金融时报》的一份声明中表示。

The response follows revelations that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation is examining possible Chinese military involvement in a cyber attack on , a subsidiary of , which manages more than 1.4m website addresses for businesses worldwide.

在中国做出回应之前，有消息披露称，美国联邦调查局(FBI)正在调查中国军方是否参与了网站遭遇黑客攻击事件。是的子公司，管理着全球范围内逾140万家公司的网址。

Hackers, who appear to have stolen network and employee passwords, had accessed ’s network for about a year, according to people familiar with the probe, details of which were published in the FT this week. But the breach is not known to have caused disruptions or resulted in any theft of client data.

熟悉此次FBI调查的人士表示，黑客似乎盗取了网络和员工密码，曾侵入网络长达约1年之久。英国《金融时报》本周公布了调查的详细情况。但据了解，此次攻击并未造成网络中断或任何客户数据被盗。

That has bolstered investigators’ belief that the hackers are state-sponsored rather than criminals trying to exploit the hack for commercial gain. Some current and former law enforcement officials said the attempt to infiltrate the system could be aimed at obtaining the ability to undermine or manipulate large parts of internet infrastructure.

这就支持了调查者们的一种观点：发起攻击的黑客得到了政府资助，而非试图获取商业利益的犯罪分子。部分在任和前任的执法官员表示，对这个网站的入侵可能旨在获取大面积破坏、或者操纵互联网基础设施的能力。

US security officials say they believe the PLA is behind many of the state-sponsored hacking attempts uncovered in the US. In October last year James Comey, FBI director, compared Chinese hackers to “drunk burglars”.

美国安全官员表示，他们认为，中国人民解放军(PLA)是已经美国查实的多起政府支持的黑客攻击行动的幕后主使。去年10月，FBI局长詹姆斯•科米(James Comey)曾把中国黑客比作“醉贼”。