More on the new Cold War and the future of warfare!
One has to distinguish between espionage and sabotage! Espionage is used by both sides and is acceptable to some degree. Carrying out or preparing to commit sabotage is an entirely different matter.
Is the placing of remote sabotage capabilities within the critical infrastructure of a country by a potential future adversary an act of war (casus belli)?
In the not so distant past, there would have been little doubt about the answer this question. It would clearly have been in the affirmative!
Communist leader Xi Jinping is playing a dangerous game!
Always remember The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
"Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, which top U.S. officials have described as an “epoch-defining threat.”
In recent months, U.S. intelligence officials said Chinese government-backed hackers have been burrowing deep into the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure, including water, energy and transportation providers. The goal, officials say, is to lay the groundwork for potentially destructive cyberattacks in the event of a future conflict between China and the U.S., such as over a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan. ...
In January, the U.S. disrupted “Volt Typhoon,” a group of China government hackers tasked with setting the stage for destructive cyberattacks. Later in September, the feds hijacked a botnet run by another Chinese hacking group called “Flax Typhoon,” which masquerades as a private company in Beijing and whose role was to help conceal the activities of China’s government hackers. Since then, a new China-backed hacking group called “Salt Typhoon” emerged, capable of gathering intelligence on Americans — and potential targets of U.S. surveillance — by compromising the wiretap systems of U.S. phone and internet providers. ..."
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