"Last week FBI Director Christopher Wray told congress that the Chinese government is planning cyber attacks on civilian infrastructure in the near future, that would cripple U.S. society. Speaking Tuesday night on 'The Steve Malzberg Show,' China expert Gordon Chang said that the chances of that happening, on a scale of 1-10, is, "About a 20 maybe. This is something which is not a theoretical threat. Because on November 25th, Iranian hackers took control of part of the water system of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.""
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"Hackers from the People's Republic of China spent up to five years in U.S. networks as part of a cyber operation that targeted U.S. critical infrastructure, law enforcement and international agencies said earlier this week.
"The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) assess that People's Republic of China (PRC) state sponsored cyber actors are seeking to preposition themselves on IT networks for disruptive or destructive cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure in the event of a major crisis or conflict with the United States," an alert released by the agencies earlier this week said."
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"China’s strategic plan to infiltrate the U.S. cyber infrastructure includes attempts to induce panic and unsettle everyday American life, a witness testified to Congress on Wednesday.
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that ransomware attacks on U.S. businesses or critical systems are intended to "induce societal panic.""
""It is Chinese military doctrine to attempt to induce societal panic in their adversary. And arguably, the Chinese government got a little bit of a taste of this in the aftermath of the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline in May of 2021 that shut down gas to the Eastern seaboard for several days," she said, noting Americans "couldn't get to work. They couldn't take their kids to school, get folks to the hospital. It caused a bit of panic."
"Now imagine that on a massive scale. Imagine not one pipeline, but many pipelines disrupted and telecommunications going down so people can't use their cell phone. People start getting sick from polluted water. Trains get derailed. Air traffic control system, port control systems are malfunctioning," Easterly continued. "This is truly an everything, everywhere all at once scenario.""
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