A Chinese company says it can hack into UK government networks

Recently, the leaked documents of China's Anshun Internet Security Company caused a great stir in the international community. The company's documents said that it could attack the British Foreign Office's network.

British radio company BBC reported on February 23 that Anshun's leaked documents also found information related to several government agencies, think tanks, businesses and charitable organizations in the UK. In addition, the documents show that public institutions and businesses in Asia and Europe have been successfully attacked by hackers, but did not say whether any damage was done. The identity of the person who disclosed the Anshun company's documents is still unknown.

China's embassy in the UK and China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs have claimed that they are not aware of the information disclosure incident, and that China is firmly opposed to all kinds of cyber attacks. But according to the Associated Press, Chinese police and Anshun Information Company are investigating the data leak.

It is reported that Anshun Information Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the private companies that provide cyber security services to China's military, police and security agencies. The company is headquartered in Shanghai and has less than 25 employees.

Three security researchers told the BBC that the data breach was real.

The documents show that Anshun's activities in eight years to attack the systems of many countries such as England, France, Taiwan, Pakistan, and Singapore and obtain data have been revealed.

In a related case, a government agency in southwest China paid the company about $15,000 to attack the website of the Vietnam Traffic Police and steal information.