Chinese hackers preparing 'bold and unrelenting' attacks on U.S. infrastructure: FBI

NATIONAL NEWS RIGHT NOW, THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI IS DETAIL. IN THE THREAT, CHINA POSES TO THE UNITED STATES CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, HE SAYS, IS A PRIME TARGET. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT AHTRA ELNASHAR REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON ON THE SCALE OF THE THREAT. >>CHAOS AND DISRUPTIONS TO EVERYDAY AMERICAN LIFE. FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY SAYS ARE PART OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST. PARTY'S CYBER WAR PLAN. >>WHAT WE'RE FACING TODAY IS THE C. C. P. THROWING ITS WHOLE GOVERNMENT INTO UNDERMINING. THE SECURITY OF THE RULE OF LAW WORLD. >>EYEING AN INVASION OF TAIWAN BY 2027 CHINA LAYING PLANS TO DISRUPT ANY ATTEMPT. BY THE UNITED STATES TO COME TO TAIWAN'S AID, ACCORDING TO THE US INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. >>AND THAT ITS PLAN IS THE LAND LOW BLOWS AGAINST CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE TO TRY TO INDUCE PANIC? AND BREAK AMERICA'S WILL TO RESIST. >>HACKING WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, ENERGY GRIDS. RAY SAYS IT'S ALL FAIR GAME IN THE EYES OF THE C. C. P.. OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SOME EXPERTS ARE SKEPTICAL. THERE'S SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY RAISE LEVEL OF ALARM. >>I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR EXAMPLE. A GROUP OF KIND OF NEUTRAL ACADEMICS, INCLUDING SOME SKEPTICS, MAY BE. WHO GOOD COULD LOOK OVER THIS EVIDENCE AND A JUDGE IS A LITTLE BETTER? >>WHILE GOLDSTINE DIRECTOR OF ASIAN GAUGE MEN AT THE THINK, TANK DEFENSE PRIORITIES AGREES. A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE US AND CHINA. >>IS POSSIBLE? BUT SAYS THERE'S A DANGER IN OVER HYPING. THE CYBER ASPECT. >>IF WE HAVE A FINITE RESOURCES, SHOULD WE SPEND MORE RESOURCES ON? YOU KNOW UP BUILDING TORPEDOES AND FRIGATES AND LESS ON ON WORRYING ABOUT. YOU KNOW THAT CHINA IS GOING TO DISRUPT SOME OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. >>THE FBI SAYS SO MUCH COMES DOWN TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHICH OWNS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE NATION'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THEIR CYBER DEFENSES CONTINGENCY PLANS AND COORDINATION. WITH THE GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR RATE ALSO SHARING WHAT KEEPS HIM UP AT NIGHT. >>WHAT IS THE THING THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME? >>TO IMAGINE. >>ANXIETY CAN BE FELT ACROSS WASHINGTON. WHAT WOULD BE ATTACKED? WHO WOULD BE HURT? HOW WOULD THE US RETALIATE? >>IT STATES. >>AND CHINA ON CAPITOL HILL, I'M AHTRA ELNASHAR REPORTING. >>WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT A CHINESE CYBER ATTACK ON CRITICAL US INFRASTRUCTURE? JUST GET THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. OUR VISIT NBC MONTANA.COM SLASH QUESTIONED FORME

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Published: Sat Apr 20 2024