U.S. Leaders Warn of Chinese Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

The ongoing, persistent offensive cyber operations sponsored by the Chinese government that have mainly focused on economic espionage in years past are now targeting United States critical infrastructure, in a campaign that top U.S. officials call a “low blow against civilians”.

On Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced that it had disrupted a Chinese-sponsored attack campaign that involved the compromise of hundreds of SOHO routers in the United States by a group known as Volt Typhoon. The group then …

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