The United States accuses China of trying to piracy, and Beijing rejects US "slander"

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Electronic Security and Infrastructure Security Agency warned Wednesday in a statement of American researchers that pirates backed by the "People's Republic of China" are trying to steal research and intellectual property related to Covid-19 treatments and vaccines for it. But Beijing rejected the US allegations, saying it was staunchly opposed to all cyberattacks.

Official US security agencies on Wednesday alerted US researchers to Chinese-backed hackers trying to steal research and intellectual property related to Covid-19 treatments and vaccines.

In a statement to the FBI and the Cyber ​​Security and Infrastructure Security Agency, organizations conducting research on the epidemic were alerted of "likely targeting and breaches of the network by the People's Republic of China".

"Attempts have been made for these entities to search for valuable intellectual properties and public health data related to vaccinations, treatments and examinations from networks and crews related to research on Covid-19."

"What China is doing to target these sectors poses a major threat to our country's response to Covid-19," the statement added.

Neither the FBI nor the agency gave any evidence or examples of the accusation against China, but they urged "all institutions conducting research in these fields to enhance their cyber security and take measures to address internal threats to prevent secretly accessing or stealing material related to Covid-19." .

The recent US accusation would exacerbate the tension in US-China relations since the emergence of the new Corona virus in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, as President Donald Trump accuses China of delaying reporting the epidemic to the international community, and of lying about the true number of deaths on its soil.

It also holds Beijing "responsible" for the outbreak in the world, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the unprecedented current economic crisis.

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Legian rejected the US allegations, saying that China firmly opposes all cyber attacks. "We are leading the world in research to find a cure and vaccine for Covid-19,"