The United States is still struggling to determine the extent to which Chinese hackers have infiltrated American mobile networks, penetrating all carriers. The American press uncovered this operation in September and reported in October that they had targeted the statistical data of Donald Trump and the man who would become his vice president, JD Vance, also targeting members of the Democratic Kamala Harris campaign. “This is by far the most serious telecommunications hack in our history.” Dear Thursday, November 21 at New York Times Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
the matter illustrates a more assertive practice by Chinese actors in destabilization or intelligence operations, under the leadership of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is pressuring the country to assume its position as a great power. During the US presidential campaign, cybersecurity experts also pointed to the role of another Chinese operation, dubbed “Spamouflage.” It consisted of the activation of fake Facebook accounts and the dissemination of images and videos often created with artificial intelligence to accentuate divisions and support the idea of an America on the brink, condemned by fentanyl and armed violence. An operation reminiscent of Russian practices in the 2016 campaign.
In Europe, all eyes are on a 225-meter-long Chinese bulk carrier, the Yi Peng 3immobilized in the Baltic Sea and accused by the Danish navy of having been precisely on top of two submarine cables, one that connects Sweden with Lithuania and the other between central Europe and the Nordic countries, when these were damaged on Sunday the 17th and Monday the 18th of November. However, caution is warranted as the nationality of the particular ship’s captain has not been confirmed. “China has always fully complied with its obligations as a flag State and requires that Chinese ships scrupulously comply with applicable laws and regulations.”said Lin Jian, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
However, on October 8, 2023, a Chinese ship, the new new polar bear, It had already damaged a gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia and a parallel underwater telecommunications cable. There he had left his anchor. China admitted in August 2024 that the container ship had caused the damage, but maintained that it was a weather-related accident. “If you gave me a coin for every time a Chinese ship anchored at the bottom of the Baltic Sea near important cables, I would already have two coins, it’s not much but it’s strange that it happens twice”writes the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis, on the social network
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