Chinese investigators ‘identify’ US intel staff allegedly involved in cyberattack on aviation university: Report

September 14, 2023

- Investigators found ‘true identity of NSA staff who launched cyberattack on Northwestern Polytechnical University,’ says engineer at cybersecurity technical center

By Islamuddin Sajid

ANKARA (AA) - Chinese investigators claimed to have identified US National Security Agency personnel allegedly involved in last year’s cyberattack on a leading Chinese aviation university, state-run media reported on Thursday.

"With the concerted efforts of industry partners from multiple countries, our joint investigation has achieved a breakthrough. The true identity of the NSA (National Security Agency) staff who launched the cyberattack on the Northwestern Polytechnical University has been successfully identified," Du Zhenhua, a senior engineer at the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC), told state-run China Media Group. 

Known for its faculty's research in aviation, aerospace, and navigation, NPU in June 2022 reported that it had been subjected to a cyberattack from abroad.

In September last year, Beijing accused the US spy agency of launching a cyberattack on NPU.