CCP Says Western Forces Launching Cyberattacks on China: Internal Document

A member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance uses a website that monitors global cyberattacks on his computer at an office in Dongguan, in China's southern Guangdong Province, on Aug. 4, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has warned of cyberattacks conducted by “Western anti-China forces,” according to a leaked internal document.

The document (pdf), titled “Cybersecurity Risks, Challenges, and Countermeasures,” was issued by a municipal agency of Tieling city in the northeastern province of Liaoning. The document was dated June 19, 2020, weeks before CCP’s founding anniversary.