Washington behind shameless cyber-attacks

The tens of thousands of cyber-attacks launched against China's Northwestern Polytechnical University have finally been traced, after months of probe, to the Office of Tailored Access Operation, affiliated to the National Security Agency of the United States.

According to the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, TAO had launched at least tens of thousands of vicious cyber-attacks against China's online entities, "controlled the related network devices and suspiciously stolen high-value data". TAO's action is not surprising. After all it stands for Tailored Access. Viewing China as an enemy, the US is mobilizing its official resources to launch cyber-attacks against it, intruding network servers, terminals, network exchanges, routers, even firewalls, and has stolen over 140 gigabytes of high-value data.

By targeting NPU, which features aerospace technology, the US has "tailored" its victims and "accessed" their databases without invitation. This is no less than "violation of sovereignty", and also shameless theft. Among the words often used by the US government, "rogue" is perhaps the best and most suitable one to describe its action.