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From the Wall Street Journal: Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting that Beijing was behind a widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring how hostilities between the two superpowers are continuing to escalate.
The Chinese delegation linked years of intrusions into computer networks at U.S. ports, water utilities, airports and other targets, to increasing U.S. policy support for Taiwan, the people, who declined to be named, said.
The first-of-its-kind signal at a Geneva summit with the outgoing Biden administration startled American officials used to hearing their Chinese counterparts blame the campaign, which security researchers have dubbed Volt Typhoon, on a criminal outfit, or accuse the U.S. of having an overactive imagination.
U.S. officials went public last year with unusually dire warnings about the uncovered Volt Typhoon effort. They publicly attributed it to Beijing trying to get a foothold in U.S. computer networks so its army could quickly detonate damaging cyberattacks during a future conflict.
The report notes that, according to a former U.S. official familiar with the December meeting, the Chinese officials’ remarks were “indirect,” but “most of the American delegation in the room interpreted it as a tacit admission and a warning to the U.S. about Taiwan.”
China’s espionage is deliberate and it’s a direct threat to every American.https://t.co/pqJouSvMoW
— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) April 10, 2025
👀 China reportedly acknowledged to outgoing Biden officials in December that it was responsible for the Volt Typhoon critical infrastructure intrusions, linking them to “increasing U.S. policy support for Taiwan.” https://t.co/p63ALABrzR pic.twitter.com/2SMpuRiJMD
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) April 10, 2025
NEWS ALERT: Chinese hacking “typhoons” threaten U.S. infrastructure
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