China building cyberweapons to hijack enemy satellites leaked CIA files show

Leaked US intelligence documents show China is building advanced cyberweapons capable of hijacking satellites of western nations, such as Australia, reports say.

Beijing has made information warfare a priority and is seeking the capability of "seizing control" of satellites in space, leaked top secret CIA file accessed by the Financial Times show.

The cyberweapons being developed by China's People's Liberation Army would leave satellites unable to support communication, weapons and surveillance systems.

The technology would also enable China to control data transmission of the enemy country and gain full control of its satellite systems via surveillance and hacking, CIA analysts said in one of the leaked papers.

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