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US disrupts China-backed hacking operation amid warning of threat to American infrastructure
The FBI director said China-backed hackers are preparing "to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm" in the event of a future conflict.
The U.S. government announced Wednesday it had disrupted a China-backed hacking operation targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, amid warnings that Beijing is preparing to cause “real-world harm” to Americans in the event of a future conflict. Wray described the ongoing activity by a China-backed hacking group dubbed Volt Typhoon as “the defining threat of our generation,” and said the attackers’ goal is to “disrupt our military’s ability to mobilize” in the early stages of an anticipated conflict over Taiwan, which China claims as its territory. “The United States will continue to dismantle malicious cyber operations — including those sponsored by foreign governments — that undermine the security of the American people,” commented U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on the announcement.
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