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A senior U.S. cybersecurity official warned on Monday that in the event of a conflict with the United States, Chinese hackers are highly likely to interfere with key American infrastructure, including pipelines and railways.
As per Reuters, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Jen Easterly, made these remarks during a session at the Aspen Institute in Washington. She pointed out that Beijing is significantly investing in the ability to undermine U.S. infrastructure.
“This, I think, is the real threat that we need to be prepared for, and to focus on, and to build resilience against,” Easterly commented. “Given the formidable nature of the threat from Chinese state actors, given the size of their capability, given how much resources and effort they’re putting into it, it’s going to be very, very difficult for us to prevent disruptions from happening.”
She advised that it was essential for the American public to brace for the possibility of Chinese hackers bypassing U.S. safeguards and inflicting tangible damage…
