20 private executives and ex-U.S. officials last month quietly explored what a cyberattack from China would look like for both the public and private sectors.
How the US Might Respond If China Launched A Full-Scale Cyberattack (Photo by: Politico)
Cyberattack From China
China has experienced continuous cyberattacks since February in which internet addresses in the United States have been used to seize control of Chinese computers to target Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
It cited the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China, a cybersecurity technical center that leads efforts to prevent and detect cybersecurity threats to the country. Cyberattacks have been a major point of tension between the United States and its allies and China, as the former has accused China of carrying out a global cyberespionage campaign.
Cyberattacks have been a major point of tension between the United States and its allies and China, as the former has accused China of carrying out a global cyberespionage campaign. News of that hacking campaign resonated with Bill Nelson, CEO of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, who also attended the FDD exercise “That tells me that we are doing the right thing exercising and going through the motions to rehearse this because it could happen and it is happening,” Nelson told CyberScoop.
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