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China accuses US NSA of cyberattacks against Beijing's timekeeping hub

( October 19, 2025, 03:13 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of State Security alleged in a recent WeChat post that the US National Security Agency exploited vulnerabilities in the messaging service of an unspecified foreign smartphone brand to steal sensitive data from staff at the National Time Service Center. The ministry accused the NSA of mounting a series of systematic and escalating cyberattacks on the center’s internal networks from 2022 to 2024, including attempts to infiltrate its high-precision ground-based timing systems and plant tools capable of disabling them. Based in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, the National Time Service Center generates, maintains and transmits the official “Beijing Time.” Its precision timing system supports industries from telecommunications and finance to defense and contributes data used to calculate International Atomic Time.The statement follows: ...

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