Chinese hackers continued cyber attacks on the United States after reaching an agreement between Washington and Beijing

In late September, PRC leader Xi Jinping met with US President Barack Obama and discussed the issue of conducting cyber attacks on the state. United States institutions and companies by Chinese hackers, because of which the US authorities planned to impose unprecedented sanctions on Chinese companies. At that time, Washington accused official Beijing of the fact that it was he who was behind the attacks, and the Chinese authorities, in turn, denied their involvement.

During the meeting, according to Reuters , the leaders of the two countries were able to agree on cooperation in countering cyber attacks from the territory of China, however, hacker attacks on US companies and state. institutions continue.
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A new wave of cyber attacks began on September 26, after Xi Jinping and Obama talks.

According to information from the company CrowdStrike , working in the field of cybersecurity, hackers used software called Derusbi, which was previously used to attack the defense company VAE Inc and the insurance company Anthem Inc. The attackers also used servers that, according to experts, indirectly indicate their connection with the authorities of the PRC. This was confirmed by another cybersecurity organization - FireEye .

Chinese Foreign Ministry did not comment on the new attacks. The White House is ready to return to the issue of considering the imposition of sanctions against Chinese companies, if the agreements reached between Washington and Beijing in the field of combating cybercrime, and specifically with attacks on US companies, will not be implemented.