(Policy) Biden Goes After China’s Cyber Attackers

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(Policy) Biden Goes After China’s Cyber Attackers
By: Patrick Tucker - Technology Editor for Defense One News - 07-19-21
Re: https://www.defenseone.com/policy/20...ackers/183854/

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Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC in Beijing, China, July 1, 2021. PHOTO BY XIE HUANCHI/XINHUA VIA GETTY IMAGES

U.S. and allies blame China’s government, announce new measures to fight a massive cyber criminal ring akin to Russia’s, but threaten no sanctions yet.

U.S. officials announced new measures aimed at exposing and disrupting China’s government-sponsored cyber criminal activities, including enlisting key NATO and other allies to reveal new details about the methods by which some massive cyber attacks have affected thousands of government and private networks in the United States, and how to protect against them.

The officials said the international effort was a direct output of President Joe Biden’s first foreign trip to meet with G7 and NATO leaders, last month. It also may be the first step in a new multilateral coalition of allies that could eventually impose economic penalties on the Chinese government, similar to those that some Western states have placed on Russia. But those penalties aren’t here yet.

A senior administration official told reporters on Sunday that the United States had convinced allies to name China’s Ministry of State Security as a key player in various criminal cyber activities. The official gave no indication that economic penalties would be arriving soon.

Instead, the White House on Monday released a fact sheet co-authored by the National Security Agency, Cybersecurity Infrastructure & Security Agency, and the FBI detailing 50 ways that criminal actors, allegedly sponsored by the Chinese government, attack Western networks, and how to defend against them.

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Personal note: This should've been dealt with under Trump reign! He knew it but did nothing and so now Biden will have to put the hammer down - regardless of circumstances.
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These issue's have been going on for quite sometime. It's about time we put an end to these spies and cyber freaks. DOD needs better firewalls and what the penalties' will be they will have to hurt in order NK - China and Russia are doing this. Now I can't say we've been doing some cyber issues but here again - National Business will be definitely affected around the world. Spies want to know all they can so they can prosper from their hacking skills. The USA has to get better at preventing these hits - how they do it - I haven't got a clue but right now - they've been weak in protecting our National Security issues and that alone is a major issue!
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