The UK government has confirmed that the National Cyber ​​Security Center is investigating allegations that more than 600 websites, including the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, were subjected to thousands of hacking attempts coordinated by the Chinese government. A spokesman for the UK government said: “The National Cyber ​​Security Center is investigating these allegations with our international partners.” The allegations are based on information memos received by the Times. Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, claims that China appears to have warned of the invasion in advance because piracy attempts began before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics and peaked on February 23, the day before the invasion. Russia to its neighbor. The SBU said other targets of the attacks were the border guards and the national bank. The attempts were designed to steal data and investigate ways to disrupt or disrupt defense and civilian infrastructure, the SBU added. Although Russia is believed to have been behind a series of cyber-attacks in Ukraine before the conflict, the SBU said it had also identified hacks bearing the characteristics of the People’s Liberation Army cyber-war unit. The SBU said it had seen an increase in computer network exploitation (CNE) attacks used for reconnaissance and espionage. The Times reported that the SBU had provided a series of intelligence reports, believed to have been prepared by another country, detailing the scale of the piracy and including nuclear targets. “The intrusions of particular concern include CNE campaigns targeting the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate and the Ukrainian Hazardous Waste Research Website,” the memo said. “This particular attack on the CNE by the Chinese cyber program involved the launch of thousands of farms with attempts to indicate at least 20 distinct vulnerabilities.” On March 18, US President Joe Biden warned his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping of “consequences” if China provided material support to Russia during the invasion. Xi and Vladimir Putin met in Beijing at the start of the Winter Olympics in February and issued a joint statement saying ties between the two countries “had no limits”. Xi and Putin also made it clear in the statement that they oppose any further expansion of NATO. Soon after, according to the SBU, there was an increase in CNE attacks on Ukrainian targets.