{"id":2030372,"date":"2023-09-13T10:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-is-biggest-threat-to-us-cybersecurity-report\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T10:59:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:59:53","slug":"china-is-biggest-threat-to-us-cybersecurity-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-is-biggest-threat-to-us-cybersecurity-report\/","title":{"rendered":"China poses the greatest threat to US cybersecurity, according to a report."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fchina-is-biggest-threat-to-us-cybersecurity-report%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=2030372&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>China&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ccp-presents-grave-threat-to-the-us-homeland-dhs-official\/\" title=\"DHS Official: CCP Poses 'Grave Threat' to US Homeland\">communist regime poses<\/a> the biggest threat to the United States in the cybersecurity domain, according to \u2064a newly published summary of\u200d a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-spins-yarn-about-how-alleged-covid-lab-outbreak-aint-a-lab-leak\/\" title=\"Fauci Spins Yarn About How Alleged COVID Lab Outbreak \u2018Ain\u2019t A Lab Leak\u2019\">classified report released<\/a> by the Department of Defense (DOD) on Sept. 12.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;2023 DOD Cyber Strategy&#8221; report (<a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2023\/Sep\/12\/2003299076\/-1\/-1\/1\/2023_DOD_Cyber_Strategy_Summary.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>) serves as the baseline document for how the DOD is operationalizing the priorities of the &#8220;2022 National \u200bSecurity Strategy,&#8221; the &#8220;2022 National Defense Strategy,&#8221; and the &#8220;2023 National \u200cCybersecurity \u200dStrategy,&#8221; officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3523199\/dod-releases-2023-cyber-strategy-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>The latest report, which the Pentagon submitted to Congress in May, \u2062builds upon the\u2063 &#8220;2018 DOD Cyber Strategy&#8221; \u200dand will &#8220;set a new strategic direction&#8221; for the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/china-based-hackers-impersonated-us-voters-with-ai-generated-propaganda-during-2022-elections-microsoft-5487917\">China-Based Hackers Impersonated US Voters With AI-generated Propaganda During 2022 Elections: Microsoft<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/7\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/china-based-hackers-impersonated-us-voters-with-ai-generated-propaganda-during-2022-elections-microsoft-5487917\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/chinese-hack-of-microsoft-engineer-opened-door-to-us-government-email-breach-5487862\">Chinese Hack of Microsoft Engineer Opened Door to US Government Email\u2062 Breach<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/7\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/chinese-hack-of-microsoft-engineer-opened-door-to-us-government-email-breach-5487862\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Currently, the United States is \u200bbeing challenged\u200c by &#8220;malicious \u2062cyber actors&#8221; seeking to exploit the nation&#8217;s technological vulnerabilities and undermine its military\u2019s competitive edge,&#8221; the summary begins.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon warns \u2064that such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-cybersecurity-chief-more-ransomware-attacks-coming\/\" title=\"DHS cybersecurity chief: More ransomware attacks coming\">malicious cyber actors<\/a> are targeting \u200ccritical U.S. infrastructure and endangering the \u200clives of the American people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Defending against and defeating these\u200d cyber threats\u2063 is a Department of Defense imperative,&#8221; the summary \u200dcontinues. &#8220;As the Department&#8217;s\u2064 cyber capabilities\u2063 evolve,\u2063 so do \u2063those\u2063 of our adversaries. Both the People&#8217;s Republic of China (PRC) and\u2063 Russia have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-is-biggest-threat-to-us-cybersecurity-report\/\" title=\"China poses the greatest threat to US cybersecurity, according to a report.\">embraced malicious \u2063cyber activity<\/a> as \u200ba \u2064means to \u2062counter U.S. conventional\u200c military\u200c power and degrade the combat\u200c capability\u200d of the Joint\u2063 Force.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The PRC in particular sees superiority in cyberspace as core to its theories of victory and represents the Department&#8217;s pacing challenge in cyberspace. Using cyber means,\u2063 the PRC has engaged in prolonged campaigns of espionage, theft, and compromise against key defense networks and broader U.S. critical infrastructure, especially the Defense \u200cIndustrial Base (DIB),&#8221; it reads.<\/p>\n<p>Communist China, according to the strategy summary, aims to gain dominance in cyberspace to \u2063become a &#8220;superpower&#8221; with &#8220;commensurate political, military,\u2062 and economic influence&#8221; and is already attempting to shape the global technology \u2062ecosystem by exporting dangerous cyber capabilities to allied nations, and \u2064working to &#8220;accelerate the rise of digital authoritarianism around the globe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese regime routinely conducts malicious cyber \u200bactivity \u2062against the \u200dUnited States as well \u2063as its allies and partners, the strategy \u2063notes, citing Beijing&#8217;s surveillance \u2063efforts of U.S. citizens and\u2062 those considered enemies of the\u2064 state, among other actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Its efforts abroad are complemented by material strengths at home: a large technology industry and workforce, capable counterintelligence and cybersecurity\u2063 systems, and an \u2062array of proxy organizations empowered to pursue \u200dmalicious cyber activity,&#8221; the report reads. &#8220;This malicious cyber activity\u200b informs\u200b the PRC&#8217;s preparations for\u2064 war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>China Could Launch &#8216;Destructive&#8217; Cyberattacks<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The Department will campaign in and through cyberspace to reinforce \u200ddeterrence objectives \u2062while achieving informational and military advantages,&#8221; the strategy states. &#8220;Our \u2062adversaries will be made\u200c to doubt the efficacy of their military\u2064 capabilities as well as the belief that they can \u200bconduct unattributed coercive\u200d actions against the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, the report also warned that both China\u200d and Russia would likely use &#8220;destructive&#8221; cyberattacks against the United States in the event \u2063of a conflict or in a moment of crisis to &#8220;hinder military mobilization, sow\u2064 chaos, and divert attention and resources&#8221; and that resilie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A classified report by the Department of Defense states that China&#8217;s communist regime is the top cybersecurity threat to the US. 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