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China’s Defense Chief Denies Hacking; Vows Cooperation

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

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China’s defense minister, Gen. Chang Wanquan, denied Aug. 19 his country engages in cyber attacks or hacking and pledged cooperation with the United States to promote cyber security through a working group recently established between the two countries. “We oppose having any kind of arms race in the cyber domain, and we oppose taking use of information technology to conduct any kind of operation in hostility towards another party in the cyber domain,” Chang said through a translator at a…

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