
Manila, Philippine – Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romoldes maintained that phone hacking in the United States, allegedly made by Chinese hackers, is a famous issue, according to their intelligence sources. Target it.
Addressing a forum at the US University School of International Service in Washington last week, Romoldes said he had to change his phone four or five times after being targeted by the Chinese.
“I’m not saying that I’m the biggest victim, but I have been targeted by one of them. I already had to change my phone four or five times,” said Manila’s envoy, he said more He said that during a meeting he raised the issue with Chinese Ambassador Huang Zillian.
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“I even told the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, please stop passing through my telephone because I can’t afford to buy a phone,” Romoldis said.
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However, the Chinese Embassy in Manila, however, denied his statement.
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“In connection with the Ambassador Romeolds report, saying that he talked to Ambassador Huang about hacking the so -called Chinese, I confirmed this story with Ambassador Huang. He was surprised by such a story. Because he has not met Ambassador Romolds for a long time, “a Chinese embassy official told reporters in a Viber message on Monday.
“Two ambassadors [have] The embassy official added that the so -called Chinese hacking was never touched, and Ambassador Huang does not know where the Ambassador Romeolds found the story.
Said in fun
It was asked to comment, Romeolds told Inquire that his statement was “joking” during the forum, but he maintained that Chinese hackers really targeted him.
“All this was said in joke … Everyone knows that Chinese hackers have hacked cell phones in the United States on a large scale. Our American intelligence friends tell me that I am one of their goals,” they He said in a Viber message.
Earlier this month, the US Department of Justice said it had deleted a malware known as “Plug X”, a group of criminal hackers in collaboration with the Republic of China (PRC) 4, 4, More than 200 computers were installed.
The US Department of Justice said, “According to the court documents, the PRC government paid the Mastung Panda Group, in addition to other computer interference services, to prepare this specific version of Plug X.”
He noted that since 2014, hackers have infiltrated thousands of computer systems, targeting US victims, as well as European and Asian governments, businesses and Chinese differences.