{"id":2080175,"date":"2023-10-26T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bring-the-fight-to-the-front-door-senator-demands-stronger-cyberdefense-against-chinese-hacking\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T13:21:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:21:12","slug":"bring-the-fight-to-the-front-door-senator-demands-stronger-cyberdefense-against-chinese-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bring-the-fight-to-the-front-door-senator-demands-stronger-cyberdefense-against-chinese-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator calls for stronger cyberdefense against Chinese hacking: &#8216;Bring the fight to their front door&#8217;."},"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\">30<\/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%2Fbring-the-fight-to-the-front-door-senator-demands-stronger-cyberdefense-against-chinese-hacking%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=2080175&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>The\u200c Pentagon&#8217;s Cyberwarfare Unit Urged to Take Offensive Action Against Chinese Hackers<\/h2>\n<p>According \u2062to Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), the Pentagon&#8217;s \u2062cyberwarfare unit should no longer rely solely on defense and instead go on the offense against hostile foreign hacking\u200d groups. This comes in response to a recent state-sponsored cyberattack by China, which successfully infiltrated top U.S. agencies and stole tens of thousands of emails from officials.\u200c Senator Schmitt emphasized the need for \u2064forceful deterrence in cyberspace, stating that without it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-warn-there-will-be-no-immigration-reform-discussions-without-first-securing-the-border\/\" title=\"House Republicans Warn There Will Be No Immigration Reform Discussions Without First Securing the Border\">state-sponsored actors<\/a> will continue to operate without fear of retaliation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related \u2062Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>&#8216;Unprecedented in Human History&#8217;: Five\u2063 Eyes Intelligence \u200cChiefs Sound Alarm on China&#8217;s Technology Theft<\/h3>\n<p>10\/24\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>House Committee Urges Navy Exchange to Stop Selling \u200cChinese-Linked Computers<\/h3>\n<p>10\/6\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Several weeks ago, State Department officials briefed Senate \u200bofficials about a\u2063 Chinese cyberattack that targeted Microsoft systems in May. The attack compromised the email accounts of 25 organizations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-instagram-war-zelensky-reveals-location-in-selfie-video-declares-he-is-not-hiding\/\" title=\"The Instagram War: Zelensky Reveals Location in Selfie Video, Declares He Is 'Not Hiding'\">including senior officials<\/a> from the State and Commerce Departments. The briefing revealed that the hackers, known as Storm-0558, gained access to 60,000 emails from State Department accounts alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senator Schmitt highlighted the \u2062sophisticated methods used by the Chinese hackers to \u2063gain access to sensitive information \u2063related to\u2063 U.S. government efforts to contain China. He emphasized that\u2063 these attacks cannot go unanswered\u200b and called for the United States\u2064 to use all available tools to discourage and deter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/factbox-the-chinese-groups-accused-of-hacking-microsoft-the-u-s-and-others\/\" title=\"Chinese groups accused of hacking Microsoft and the U.S.\">state-sponsored hacking<\/a> groups. It is time for the U.S. to take the fight to the malicious actors instead of solely focusing on patching vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Among the \u200dindividuals whose email accounts were infiltrated are \u200bCommerce Secretary Gina\u200c Raimondo, Assistant Secretary of State for\u200d East Asia Daniel Kritenbrink, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), and Nina Shea, senior fellow and director for the\u2064 Center for Religious Freedom at Hudson Institute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senator Schmitt, a member of the Armed Services Committee, has requested a briefing from the Cyber Command on\u2064 their plans to\u200c disrupt\u200c Storm-0558. The Cyber Command has \u200cacknowledged receiving his letter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The concern goes beyond Storm-0558, as the Chinese Communist Party deploys a \u200blarge number of hackers against other nations. \u200bFBI Director Christopher Wray has stated that Chinese hackers greatly outnumber his\u2063 bureau&#8217;s personnel. The threat posed by \u2062the CCP\u200c has reached critical \u200clevels, according to Senator Schmitt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Recently, the Pentagon\u2064 issued a\u200c report warning \u200dthat China currently possesses 500 \u2064operational nuclear warheads, with the potential to have over 1,000 by 2030.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the \u2063concerns raised by\u200d the\u200d recent cyberattack \u2063on U.S. agencies, and what \u2063implications does it have for national security?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ent officials discovered a massive cyberattack on U.S. agencies, including top-tier institutions such as the Department of \u2064Defense, the Department of\u200c State,\u2063 and the Department of \u2062Commerce. The attack, believed to be orchestrated by the Chinese government, resulted in the\u200b theft \u2062of tens of thousands\u2063 of sensitive emails and information.\u200b This alarming incident has\u200d sparked widespread concerns about the vulnerability of the United States&#8217; cybersecurity infrastructure and the need for\u2062 a more proactive approach.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this state-sponsored cyberattack, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) has\u200c called upon the Pentagon&#8217;s cyberwarfare \u200bunit to shift its \u200cfocus from \u2062solely defensive\u200b strategies to offensive actions \u200dagainst hostile foreign\u200c hacking\u2062 groups. Senator\u200c Schmitt stresses\u2064 that conventional defense tactics,\u200b while necessary, are no longer enough to combat \u2064the increasingly sophisticated cyber threats that the United States faces today.<\/p>\n<p>The senator argues that adopting a more aggressive approach is vital to\u2062 ensure \u200dthat there are significant consequences\u2062 for those who engage in \u200bstate-sponsored hacking. Currently, these hostile actors operate without fear of retaliation,\u200c emboldened \u2063by the relative lack of response from their intended targets. Without forceful deterrence in cyberspace, they will\u200d continue to exploit vulnerabilities and compromise critical\u200d U.S. institutions.<\/p>\n<p>This call\u2063 for action aligns with the growing concerns about China&#8217;s technology \u200btheft and its\u2062 implications for national security. \u2063Just last week, Five \u2064Eyes intelligence chiefs expressed their alarm over China&#8217;s unprecedented \u2063levels\u2064 of intellectual property theft. \u2064The theft of advanced technology not \u2064only poses a threat to economic stability but also \u2063jeopardizes the United States&#8217; military capabilities. Urgent measures are needed to counteract this threat and safeguard American \u200dinterests.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the House Committee&#8217;s recent urging \u200dfor Navy Exchange to\u2064 stop selling Chinese-linked computers highlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bring-the-fight-to-the-front-door-senator-demands-stronger-cyberdefense-against-chinese-hacking\/\" title=\"Senator calls for stronger cyberdefense against Chinese hacking: 'Bring the fight to their front door'.\">broader concerns surrounding \u2063potential cybersecurity risks<\/a> associated with Chinese technology products. As more aspects of our daily lives become interconnected and dependent on technology, the consequences of \u200da cyberattack could be catastrophic. It is crucial that the United\u200d States takes prompt\u200b and decisive action to protect its critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is\u200c also important to approach offensive cyber actions \u200dwith caution. Any offensive operations\u2064 must \u200cadhere to strict principles of proportionality,\u2064 necessity, and legality. The use\u2064 of offensive cyber capabilities should only \u2063be employed when all other options have been \u2064exhausted and in response\u2064 to clear\u2064 and specific threats. Adhering to these guidelines will\u2064 help prevent \u200cunnecessary escalations and ensure \u200cthat actions taken are justifiable under international law.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the recent cyberattack on U.S. agencies orchestrated by the Chinese government highlights the urgent need for the Pentagon&#8217;s cyberwarfare unit\u200d to adopt a proactive and offensive \u200dapproach. \u2062It is crucial that the United \u200bStates \u200cdemonstrates forceful deterrence to dissuade state-sponsored actors from engaging in\u200c cyberattacks. However, any offensive\u2063 actions must be carefully planned and executed within the boundaries set by international law. Only by taking these steps can the\u200d United States effectively protect \u200cits national security interests and ensure the \u200bintegrity of its cybersecurity infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>on the offensive in cyberspace,&#8221; Schmitt said. He emphasized the urgency to retaliate against foreign hacking groups, particularly after the Chinese cyberattack that targeted US agencies and compromised numerous emails. Schmitt, a Republican senator from Missouri, believes that a strong offense is necessary alongside a solid defense to protect America&#8217;s interests in the cyber realm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2080176,"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":[],"class_list":["post-2080175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2080175","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2080175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2080176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2080175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2080175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2080175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}