Chinese state hackers will “almost certainly” conduct aggressive cyberattacks to disrupt critical U.S. infrastructure, such as pipelines and railways, if a conflict breaks out with the United States, a senior U.S. cybersecurity official has warned.
At an event at the Aspen Institute in Washington, Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said that Beijing is investing heavily in advancing cybertechnologies designed to sabotage U.S. infrastructure.
“In the event of a conflict, China will almost certainly use aggressive cyber operations to go after our critical infrastructure, to include pipelines and rail lines, to delay military deployment, and to induce societal panic,” she told the audience….