{"id":1947657,"date":"2023-06-14T20:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T00:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-from-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T20:36:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T00:36:57","slug":"us-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-from-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-from-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Top cybersecurity official warns of &#8216;aggressive&#8217; sabotage by Chinese hackers in the US."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-from-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Chinese State Hackers Pose Serious Threat to US Infrastructure, Warns Cybersecurity Official<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Chinese state hackers will \u201calmost certainly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-from-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says\/\" title=\"Top cybersecurity official warns of 'aggressive' sabotage by Chinese hackers in the US.\">\u201d conduct aggressive cyberattacks<\/a> to disrupt critical U.S. infrastructure, such as pipelines and railways, if a conflict breaks out with the United States, a senior U.S. cybersecurity official has warned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At an event at the Aspen Institute in Washington, Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said that Beijing is investing heavily in advancing cybertechnologies designed to sabotage U.S. infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIn the event of a conflict, China will almost certainly use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-says-chinese-government-backed-hackers-compromised-critical-u-s-cyber-infrastructure\/\" title=\"Chinese government-backed hackers breached vital US cyber infrastructure, according to Microsoft.\">aggressive cyber operations<\/a> to go after our critical infrastructure, to include pipelines and rail lines, to delay military deployment, and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prepare-for-chinese-cyber-attacks-us-security-official-reveals-in-dire-warning\/\" title=\"US security official issues urgent warning about Chinese cyber attacks.\">induce societal panic<\/a>,\u201d<\/strong> she told the audience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThis, I think, is the real threat that we need to be prepared for, and to focus on and to build resilience against,\u201d<\/strong> she said.<\/p>\n<p>While malign activities from Chinese state actors have, for years, been in the spotlight, Easterly noted that the focus has been espionage\u2014be it the \u201cdecades of intellectual property theft\u201d or the \u201cgreatest transfer of intellectual wealth in history.\u201d But Beijing\u2019s efforts have now increasingly shifted toward disruption and destruction, she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cGiven the formidable nature of the threat from Chinese state actors, given the size of their capability, given how much resources and effort they\u2019re putting into it, it\u2019s going to be very, very difficult for us to prevent disruptions from happening.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"morearticles\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-and-us-caught-in-dilemma-of-military-escalation-experts_5103770.html\">China and US Caught in \u2018Dilemma\u2019 of Military Escalation: Experts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/beijings-saber-rattling-masks-chinas-big-problems_5322961.html\">Beijing\u2019s Saber-Rattling Masks China\u2019s Big Problems<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Easterly\u2019s comments come as bilateral tensions continue to rise and cyber attacks from China draw growing attention.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, Microsoft and various cybersecurity agencies under the Five Eyes alliance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-backed-hackers-targeting-critical-us-infrastructure-microsoft-and-five-eyes-warn_5290026.html\">revealed<\/a> that a Chinese cyber espionage group has, for at least two years, been conducting a campaign targeting a wide span of U.S. sectors, including manufacturing, telecommunication, government, maritime, utility, transportation, and education.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5290379\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25\/id5290379-microsoft-1200x824.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-orders-housing-to-homeless-in-l-a-county\/\" title=\"Federal judge orders housing to homeless in L.A. County\">man walks past<\/a> a Microsoft sign outside a Microsoft office building in Beijing, China, on July 31, 2014. (Greg Baker\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>The goal of the campaign was to develop \u201ccapabilities that could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-spy-group-could-disrupt-critical-us-infrastructure-analysis-warns\/\" title=\"Chinese spies may disrupt US infrastructure, warns analysis.\">disrupt critical communications infrastructure<\/a> between the United States and Asia region during future crises,\u201d Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2023\/05\/24\/volt-typhoon-targets-us-critical-infrastructure-with-living-off-the-land-techniques\/\">said<\/a>, adding that \u201cthe threat actor intends to perform espionage and maintain access without being detected for as long as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States and intelligence partners said the group can use the same tactics from the Volt Typhoon campaign to target other sectors worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The resources that the Chinese regime has put into cyber warfare have been considerable.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing before the House Appropriations Committee on April 27, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the Chinese hackers outnumber FBI cyber personnel by \u201cat least 50 to 1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at China, their hacking program is bigger than that of every other nation combined,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinese-hackers-outnumber-us-cyber-agents-by-at-least-50-to-1-fbi-director-wray_5227007.html\">said<\/a> in his testimony, adding that he considers communist Beijing \u201cthe greatest threat to our country\u201d and that FBI investigations into the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and their actors had increased by 1,300 percent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5266847\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/15\/id5266847-EpochImages-9411692366-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies at a hearing in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee in Congress in Washington on Jan. 29, 2019. (Charlotte Cuthbertson\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, in its latest report on cyber threats, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-linked-hackers-gather-more-info-than-spy-balloons-cyber-security-report_5091730.html\">said<\/a> that China-linked cyber-espiona<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that Chinese state hackers are likely to launch aggressive cyberattacks on vital U.S. infrastructure like pipelines and railways in the event of a conflict with the United States. 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