FBI says Chinese state hacker group targeted US infrastructure - BBC News

China is targeting US infrastructure and laying the groundwork to wreak chaos, the FBI director warns.

11 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EPAImage caption, The FBI director warned that China is targeting US infrastructure and could 'wreak chaos'By Frances Mao and Will Vernonin Singapore and WashingtonThe US has managed to dismantle the hacking efforts of a Chinese state-sponsored group that had been targeting key public infrastructure like the power grid and pipelines, says the FBI.

The FBI's director told lawmakers it had executed a campaign to shut down the "Volt Typhoon" group.

That group hacked into hundreds of older office routers to access data on US assets, Christopher Wray alleged.

The Chinese government is yet to respond to the accusations.

However, it has previously denied accusations of state-sponsored cyber warfare against other countries. It has, in the past, also accused the US of being "the world's biggest hacking empire and global cyber thief."

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