The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba denied a Financial Times (FT) report to the AFP news agency on Saturday. The article accuses the company of supporting the Beijing military’s operations against the United States.
Alibaba “provides technical support to the Chinese military’s ‘operations’ against American targets,” said the British newspaper’s report published Saturday morning, citing a statement from the White House.
According to the FT, the document states that Alibaba passes on user data to the Chinese armed forces and authorities. This particularly included IP addresses and purchase histories.
The business newspaper said it was unable to independently verify these claims. However, the White House sees them as a possible threat to national security.
“The claims and insinuations in the article are completely false,” a spokesperson for Alibaba Group told AFP.
According to the company, it is a “malicious PR move.” This clearly comes from an unscrupulous source who wants to undermine the latest trade agreement between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The two heads of state met at the end of October after months of customs disputes.
Washington and Beijing have been engaged in a technological competition for several years. It is particularly about dominance in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
On Thursday, the American start-up Anthropic, which specializes in AI, announced that it had foiled a cyber espionage campaign. This was carried out almost completely autonomously using this same technology.
A report from the California-based company said the operation was attributed to a group called GTG-1002, which is backed by the Chinese state.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said Friday he was “unfamiliar” with the case. He added that Beijing is constantly cracking down on cyber piracy.
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