{"id":1948139,"date":"2023-06-15T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-by-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T13:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:49:54","slug":"us-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-by-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-by-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Top cybersecurity official warns of &#8216;aggressive&#8217; Chinese hacker attacks, urges US to prepare."},"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-by-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=1948139&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<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0615\/900b2f6c-1c31-464c-979c-5420709b308c\/audio.mp3?length=3250701&#038;duration=271\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Chinese State Hackers Pose Serious Threat to US Infrastructure, Warns Cybersecurity Official<\/h2>\n<p>According to a senior U.S. cybersecurity official, Chinese state hackers are likely to launch aggressive cyberattacks on critical U.S. infrastructure, such as pipelines and railways, in the event of a conflict with the United States. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, emphasized China&#8217;s significant investment in advancing cybertechnologies aimed at sabotaging U.S. infrastructure. She warned that China would use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">cyber operations<\/a> to disrupt military deployment and <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>.<\/p>\n<p>Easterly highlighted the shift in China&#8217;s focus from espionage to disruption and destruction. While the threat from Chinese state actors is formidable, she acknowledged the difficulty in preventing disruptions due to their capabilities and resources. Building resilience against such attacks is crucial.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"morearticles\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_list\">\n<div class=\"article\"><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><\/div>\n<div class=\"article\"><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><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Easterly&#8217;s warning comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-by-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says\/\" title=\"Top cybersecurity official warns of 'aggressive' Chinese hacker attacks, urges US to prepare.\">amid escalating bilateral tensions<\/a> and increasing attention on cyber attacks originating from China. Recently, Microsoft and cybersecurity agencies revealed a Chinese cyber espionage group&#8217;s two-year campaign targeting various sectors in the United States, including manufacturing, telecommunications, government, maritime, utility, transportation, and education.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5290379\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25\/id5290379-microsoft-1200x824.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tA <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 the company\u2019s offices in Beijing on July 31, 2014. (Greg Baker\/AFP via Getty Images)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>The campaign aimed to develop capabilities to <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 during future crises. The group intends to perform espionage and maintain undetected access for as long as possible. The United States and its intelligence partners have warned that the group can target other sectors worldwide using similar tactics.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese regime has invested significantly in cyber warfare. FBI Director Christopher Wray testified that Chinese hackers outnumber FBI cyber personnel by at least 50 to 1. He considers communist Beijing to be the greatest threat to the country, with FBI investigations into the Chinese Communist Party and its actors increasing by 1,300 percent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5266847\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<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><br \/>\n\t\tFBI Director Christopher Wray testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington on Jan. 29, 2019. (Charlotte Cuthbertson\/The Epoch Times)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike&#8217;s latest report reveals that China-linked cyber-espionage groups are targeting 39 industries across nearly every continent. While many of these campaigns focus on China, the threat extends globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese state hackers are likely to launch aggressive cyberattacks on crucial U.S. infrastructure like pipelines and railways in the event of a conflict, according to a senior U.S. cybersecurity official. Beijing is heavily investing in cyber technologies to disrupt American infrastructure, warned Jen Easterly, director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":361,"featured_media":1948140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[14451,6361,4117,19536,12084,4808,7717,4399,3633],"class_list":["post-1948139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-aggressive","tag-attacks","tag-chinese","tag-cybersecurity","tag-hacker","tag-official","tag-prepare","tag-urges","tag-warns"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}