China Says It Found Evidence of US Cyber Attack on State Agency

Oct. 19, 2025, 5:15 AM UTC

China said it’s uncovered “irrefutable evidence” of US government cyber attacks on the country’s main agency responsible for timekeeping.

The US National Security Agency has exploited vulnerabilities in some National Time Service Center employees’ mobile phones to attack the devices and acquire sensitive information since March 25, 2022, according to a statement on the official Wechat account of the Ministry of State Security on Sunday.

The US spy agency, the country’s largest to specialize in signals intelligence, has repeatedly used stolen login credentials since April 18, 2023, to hack into the computers at the center, the ministry said.

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