Official fires back at US' 'twisted' cyber spy report

China yesterday accused a United States congressional advisory panel of ulterior motives for its report that claimed the Chinese government appears to be piercing the US computer network with increasing frequency to gather data for its military.

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said in its 2009 report to Congress released last week that there was growing evidence of Chinese State involvement in the alleged espionage activity.

But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang countered by saying the report was a twisted attack on China.