suspected Chinese malware

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I should have asked somebody, before they went away, how in the world
it is that security agencies state so confidently what nation malware
comes from.

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-officials-found-chinese-malware-hidden-in-military-systems-2023-7

    Suspected Chinese malware has been identified in several US
military systems.

    Unlike other surveillance malware from China, this malware seems
intended to disrupt operations.

    The malware could also have the ability to disrupt normal civilian
life and businesses.

US officials found suspected Chinese malware across several military
systems — and unlike previous attacks, experts say the intent is more
likely to disrupt rather than to surveil, The New York Times reports.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/us/politics/china-malware-us-military-bases-taiwan.html

The attacks first came into the public eye in May after Microsoft
identified malicious code in telecommunications software in Guam,
where the US houses the Andersen Air Force Base.

US officials told the Times that investigations into Chinese malware
had been underway for several months and that the malicious code had
infiltrated US military systems across the country and abroad.
Previous cyberattacks typically aimed to surveil US operations,
experts told the Times.

"China is steadfast and determined to penetrate our governments, our
companies, our critical infrastructure," the deputy director of the
National Security Agency, George Barnes, said at the Intelligence and
National Security Summit earlier this month.
https://www.insaonline.org/detail-pages/event/2023/07/13/default-calendar/2023-intelligence-national-security-summit

Now, experts say this new wave of malicious code has the ability to
disrupt US military and civilian operations.

Last month, Rob Joyce, the director of cybersecurity at the NSA,
called the nature of this malware "really disturbing." The Times
reported that it could allow China to cut off power, water, and
communications to military bases, and it could also affect personal
homes and businesses across the country.

The experts who spoke with the Times also said it was not clear
whether the Chinese government knew about the malware or how well the
software would actually work.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the issue of Chinese
hacking while meeting with Chinese diplomats earlier in July, CNN
reported.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/29/politics/china-malware-taiwan-us-military/index.html

"We have consistently made clear that any action that targets US
government, US companies, American citizens, is a deep concern to us
and that we will take appropriate action to hold those responsible
accountable and the secretary made that clear again," a senior State
Department official told CNN.

In response to questions posed by the Times to the White House about
the issue, the National Security Council's spokesman, Adam Hodge,
said: "The Biden administration is working relentlessly to defend the
United States from any disruptions to our critical infrastructure,
including by coordinating interagency efforts to protect water
systems, pipelines, rail and aviation systems, among others."

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment
from Insider.