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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Cyber Attack: China Rejects Allegations of F-35 Technology Theft from Australian Defence Force

RAAF F-35 Lightning IIChina flatly denied that the hack attack that reportedly pilfered mountain of information about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter technology, specifically the units designed for the Australian Defence Force (ADF), had originated from Beijing.

China called the accusations as baseless and unfair. "The so-called evidence that has been used to launch groundless accusations against China is completely unjustified," Reuters quoted a Chinese foreign ministry representative as saying.

The same spokesman insisted that the cyber-attack in question, which reportedly occurred before Australia sealed its F-35 deal with Lockheed Martin, maker of the combat planes, in 2014, was far too complicated to easily identify the culprits.

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