China has complained that the rise of cyber warfare between countries is undermining international communication channels vital for an emergency response in the event of network attacks.
The remarks by Du Yuejin, deputy chief engineer of the National Computer Network Emergency Response Team of China, highlight the increasingly politicised climate around cyber security as the US has pledged a tougher response to network attacks and espionage originating in China.
“We people from the CERT [computer emergency response team] community are often confused as to how to co-operate on dealing with incidents – the governments are getting involved more and more but the policy is unclear,” Mr Du told the Financial Times.