Chinese hackers preparing to attack critical US infrastructure: FBI
- FBI Director Christopher Wray warns of Chinese-linked hackers waiting to attack US infrastructure, mentioning federal efforts to counter the threat.
- Wray states Chinese hackers are prepared to deal a devastating blow to US critical infrastructure and have the ability to cause physical damage at their choosing.
- Wray expresses challenges in determining the intent of cyber pre-positioning by China and its connection to deterring US defense of Taiwan.
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FBI Says Chinese Hackers Preparing to Attack US Infrastructure
Nashville, Tennessee, April 18 (Reuters) - Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure and are waiting "for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow," FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday.
FBI Warns Chinese Hackers Are Poised to Hit US Infrastructure Anytime With ‘Devastating Blow’
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that hackers linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have infiltrated America’s critical infrastructure and are biding their time as they wait for the right moment to strike a “devastating blow.” Mr. Wray said in an April 18 speech at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, that the threats posed by China-sponsored hackers are no longer a matter that’s over the horizon but that “they’re upon…
FBI calls out China for making critical infrastructure 'fair game' for cyber operations
washington — Efforts by China-linked hackers to infiltrate computer systems and networks that run key sectors of the U.S. economy — only to lie in wait for an opportunity to strike — appear to predate Chinese cyber operations that sparked warnings by U.S. officials earlier this year. FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday said Chinese government efforts to penetrate critical U.S. infrastructure for the purpose of setting up a possible cyberat…
FBI director Christopher Wray warns Chinese hackers lying in wait to attack US infrastructure: ‘Upon us now’
Chinese-linked hackers have snooped around critical US infrastructure and have put themselves in a position to attack at "the right moment," FBI director Christopher Wray ominously warned.
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