China's Military Hackers Infiltrate Critical U.S. Systems

The Volt Typhoon cyber campaign aims to disrupt American infrastructure in the event of a U.S.-China conflict.

China's military hackers have infiltrated about two dozen critical U.S. systems over the past year, including a water utility in Hawaii, a major West Coast port, and at least one oil and gas pipeline.
The intrusions are part of a broader effort to develop ways to sow panic and chaos or snarl logistics in the event of a U.S.-China conflict in the Pacific.
The cyber campaign, dubbed Volt Typhoon, was first detected about a year ago by the U.S. government.
The goal of the hackers is to establish a pre-positioned advantage able to trigger a cascading cyberattack that compromises American infrastructure.
The U.S. government and the private sector are urged to work together to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses against such attacks.