For many years, the U.S. government, as well as many cybersecurity experts, have considered China to be the greatest cybersecurity threat.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses an extensive network of hacker groups to collect intelligence and intellectual property as well as compromise critical systems as part of a hybrid warfare strategy meant to defeat the United States without necessarily engaging in kinetic war, experts say.
Cybersecurity companies have identified close to 200 hacker groups linked to China, most of them classified as Advanced Persistent Threats (APT). Some groups are part of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the CCP military. Some are part of the Ministry of State Security (MSS), China’s main intelligence agency. Others work from nominally private companies, usually under MSS control. Still others are freelancers, using their skills both for the CCP’s benefit as well as for personal gain….
INFOGRAPHIC: The CCP’s Cyberwar Machine
