FBI Director Christopher Wray has issued warnings about China's escalating cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, describing the scale of the attacks as unprecedented and a significant national security threat. Beijing-backed actors have been planting offensive malware in networks, posing a serious risk of sabotage. The intelligence community has long highlighted the infiltration of U.S. infrastructure by PRC-affiliated actors for espionage and manipulation purposes.
The CCP is aggressively targeting our critical infrastructure. This is a much greater threat to the homeland than most people realize. https://t.co/3ZLmCUKUaD
The intelligence community has warned for years of PRC-affiliated actors infiltrating U.S. critical infrastructure for espionage or manipulation. Amid intrusions from Volt Typhoon & more, Congress must ensure CISA can support IT and OT owners & operators to defend our networks. https://t.co/DiMBGfHvG6
China's vast domestic censorship system — the world's most elaborate and pervasive censorship apparatus — is spreading abroad, helped in part by US companies, in a way that is affecting the global information environment and posing major challenges to US interests. "Foreign… https://t.co/FtPvgqFQGd
Chinese hackers are stepping up efforts to get inside networks used to control critical U.S. infrastructure in preparation for future sabotage, according to FBI Director Christopher A. Wray. https://t.co/faQIzcPRlW
MyPOV: more than @huawei routers, human assets in place. @FBI Director Christopher Wray says Beijing’s efforts to covertly plant offensive malware inside U.S. critical infrastructure networks is now at “a scale greater than we’d seen before” https://t.co/QOl6nye0KB via @WSJ
FBI director Christopher Wray, in Munich, is warning governments in Europe and Asia about Chinese hacking. “We’re laser focused on this as a real threat and we’re working with a lot of partners to…disrupt it.” @JoeWSJ @drewhinshaw https://t.co/ql5HS3WLdN https://t.co/ql5HS3WLdN
Beijing’s efforts to covertly plant offensive malware inside US critical infrastructure networks is now at a scale greater than we’d seen before — a defining national security threat. Beijing-backed actors have been pre-positioning malware that could be triggered at any moment… https://t.co/0TBd2yeZ8J
FBI director warns China's computer attacks are now at a 'scale greater than we'd seen before' https://t.co/ydsIBVRKS2 https://t.co/FP47RVsp3b
FBI Director Says China Cyberattacks on U.S. Infrastructure Now at Unprecedented Scale - WSJ https://t.co/AcgCul2On1