China against all forms of cyber attacks, cyberterrorism

BEIJING - China is against all forms of cyber attacks and cyberterrorism, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his US counterpart John Kerry during a phone conversation late Sunday.

Wang made the remarks after Kerry briefed him on his views on the recent cyber attack on Sony Pictures.

China is opposed to any country or any individual to launch cyber attacks via facilities in another country on a third country, he said.

On Friday, US President Barack Obama blamed Pyongyang for a cyberattack, which had led to the Hollywood studio canceling the December release of The Interview, a comedy about the fictional assassination of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea said on Saturday US accusations that it was involved in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures were "groundless slander", and it wanted a joint investigation into the incident with the United States.

An unnamed spokesman of DPRK's Foreign Ministry said there would be serious consequences if Washington refused to agree to the investigation and continued to accuse Pyongyang, according to the country's official KCNA news agency.

The US stands by its assertion that Pyongyang was to blame, a White House spokesman said on Saturday.

In its first substantive response, Pyongyang said it could prove it had nothing to do with the hacking attack.