Chinese government-backed hackers’ rampant appetite for intellectual property represents a “major threat to U.S. and allied cyberspace assets,” according to a U.S. government assessment obtained by CyberScoop. The analysis from the National Security Agency, FBI and Department of Homeland Security’s cyber agency warns that Beijing-linked hackers are still “aggressively” targeting U.S. and allied defense and semiconductor firms, medical institutions and universities to steal sensitive corporate data and personally identifiable information. The advisory is a reminder that, despite the Biden administration’s heightened attention on ransomware gangs based in Russia, Chinese state-backed hacking remains a formidable threat to U.S. interests. The document is scheduled to be released publicly in the coming weeks, perhaps as soon as Monday. “NSA, [the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency], and FBI have observed increasingly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored cyber activity targeting U.S. political, economic, military, educational, and [critical infrastructure] personnel and organizations,” says the advisory. “These cyber operations […]
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