China denies link to espionage group accused of attacking Singapore critical infrastructure

The Chinese embassy successful Singapore refuted claims that an espionage radical accused of performing cyberattacks connected Singapore's captious infrastructure was linked to China.

In a Facebook station published implicit the weekend, the Chinese embassy said specified claims were "groundless smears and accusations".

"The embassy would similar to reiterate that China is firmly against and cracks down each forms of cyberattacks successful accordance with law. China does not encourage, enactment oregon condone hacking activities," it wrote connected Saturday.

Last Friday, a Singapore curate said the espionage radical UNC3886 was "going aft precocious worth strategical menace targets, captious infrastructure that delivers indispensable services" but did not springiness details of the attacks.

The curate did not nexus the radical to China but Google-owned cybersecurity steadfast Mandiant has described UNC3886 arsenic a "China-nexus espionage group" that has attacked defence, exertion and telecommunications organisations successful the United States and Asia.

Beijing routinely denies immoderate allegations of cyberespionage, and says it opposes each forms of cyberattacks and is successful information a unfortunate of specified threats.

Singapore's captious infrastructure sectors see energy, water, banking, finance, healthcare, transport, government, communication, media, arsenic good arsenic information and exigency services, according to the country's cyber agency.