China to US: Stop hacking us

China asked the US government to stop spying on and hacking other countries, after WikiLeaks revealed data showing that the CIA can hack a range of devices, including some manufactured in China. Software companies quickly tried to detect security weak points following the WikiLeak news, with some calling for more details about what the US intelligence community was doing.

Cisco routers, which are widely used to provide wireless internet, were listed as a target in the WikiLeaks data. Cisco, a California-based company, markets its routers as providing “strong security and services to enterprise, service providers, and industrial networks.” Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE also are on the list. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang asked the US to stop hacking China. "We urge the US side to stop listening in, monitoring, stealing secrets and internet hacking against China and other countries," Geng said.