Washington DC:
Chinese hackers are positioning themselves in U.S. critical infrastructure in the event of a collision with the United States, a U.S. cybersecurity official said Friday.
Morgan Adamski, the executive director of US Cyber Command, said ongoing China-linked cyber operations are aimed at gaining “an advantage in the event of a major crisis or conflict with the US.”
Adamski made the comments to researchers at the Cyberwarcon security conference in Arlington, Virginia. On Thursday, U.S. Senator Mark Warner told the Washington Post that a suspected China-linked hack on U.S. telecommunications companies was “by far the worst telecom hack in our country’s history.”
That cyber espionage operation, dubbed “Salt Typhoon,” included data on stolen phone calls, the compromise of communications of top officials from both major U.S. presidential campaigns before the Nov. 5 election, and telecommunications information related to U.S. law enforcement requests, the FBI said. in a recent statement.
Beijing routinely denies cyber operations targeting U.S. entities. The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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