The FINANCIAL — China has denied its involvement in the cyber attacks on Google and other companies after being urged by the U.S. to respond to Google's claim, Xinhua has said.
Google, the world's most popular Internet search engine, recently said it had discovered a "sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China." It said twenty other firms, which it did not name, had been targeted.
Google also said it could be forced to withdraw from China over Internet censorship concerns, says RIA Novosti.
Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Beijing to provide an explanation. She denounced Internet censorship and said Google's claim "raised very serious concerns and questions."
China replied that the allegation "runs contrary to the facts and is harmful to China-U.S. relations."
On January 25, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a statement denying any links to the attacks on Google and other companies.
"Accusation that the Chinese government participated in [any] cyberattack, either in an explicit or inexplicit way, is groundless and aims to denigrate China," an unidentified ministry spokesman told Xinhua.
He said China itself is hardly affected by cyber attacks and Internet viruses.
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