Geng said cyber attacks are transnational, anonymous and

deceptive with their source often difficult to identify. Releasing irresponsible information will not help solve problems, he said and reiterated that China is a major victim of cyber attacks. Statistics show that Chinese military end users connected to the Internet frequently come under cyber attack from abroad. In these cases, source IP addresses suggest that the majority of them come from the US, Geng said, adding, "But we do not point fingers at the United States based on the above-mentioned findings, and every country should deal with cyber security in a professional and responsible manner." To address criticism from foreign statesmen and media outlets about Chinese hacking, the Chinese side would like to resolve the issues through joint law enforcement and consultations with other countries, he said. According to the spokesman, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security has assisted more than 50 countries and regions in investigating some 1,100 cases of cyber crime since 2004. China has established bilateral law enforcement cooperation with over 30 nations and regions, including the United States, Britain, Germany and Russia, he said. Lodging one-sided media accusations will not help solve problems, but only jeopardise existing cooperation, he said. Asked whether China took up allegations of cyber attacks from US with Washington Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hong Lei told a media briefing that China maintained communication on the relevant issue and called for international cooperation to deal with it. "Groundless speculation and accusation on the cyber attack is neither professional nor responsible. It is counter productive as well. China is firmly against cyber attacks," he said and called for international code of conduct on such attacks. China and Russia have already put forward draft proposals in the UN in this regard, he said. Chinese analysts, meanwhile, criticised the allegations. Jin Canrong, an American studies expert with Renmin University, said the real motive behind the US hacking accusation is to seek an upper hand in Sino-US relations. It signalled that the US is looking for fresh topics to criticise China in an effort to achieve dominance, Jin told Xinhua.