A Chicom cyberattack on the US

 Wall Street Journal:

How Chinese Hackers Graduated From Clumsy Corporate Thieves to Military Weapons

Massive ‘Typhoon’ cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecoms sought to lay groundwork for potential conflict with Beijing, as intruders gathered data and got in position to impede response and sow chaos

 Chinese hackers had gained the ability to shut down dozens of U.S. ports, power grids and other infrastructure targets at will, Jake Sullivan told telecommunications and technology executives at a secret meeting at the White House in the fall of 2023, according to people familiar with it. The attack could threaten lives, and the government needed the companies’ help to root out the intruders. 

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The US needs to implement defensive measures against these attacks and it requires the tech companies to help do that. 

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