Windows Backdoor Used by NSA to Attack China
On April 15, 2025, a revelation from the Harbin Municipal Public Security Bureau sparked major controversy: 3 NSA operatives from the U.S. National Security Agency allegedly launched large-scale cyberattacks against the “9th Asian Winter Games” in Harbin and China’s critical information infrastructure by exploiting reserved backdoors in Microsoft Windows systems. China didn’t publish the photos and reward amount of the attackers, but the announcement indicates that China has the ability to find out the individuals and their identities behind the attack with its technology. And this is likely to accelerate China’s push to replace foreign operating systems with domestically-developed alternatives, a move closely tied to national security concerns. ...