Following the spectacular Solar Winds hack in 2020 attributed to Russian intelligence intelligence services (either or both the Foreign Intelligence Service – SVR and Military Intelligence Service – GRU), I noted that China may have also “piggy-backed” on the hacking Russian efforts. And we have increasingly been seeing evidence of just that.
The latest example of China’s growing hacking campaign occurred as a sophisticated attack on Microsoft’s widely used business email software is morphing into a global cybersecurity crisis.
Microsoft has stated that this massive attack began with a Chinese government-backed hacking group, and has so far claimed at least 60,000 known victims globally, reports the LA Times. Many of them, the Times notes, “appear to be businesses caught in a wide net the attackers cast as Microsoft worked to shut down the hack.”
“The European Banking Authority became one of the latest victims as it said Sunday that access to personal data through emails held on the Microsoft server may have been compromised. Others identified so far include banks and electricity providers,” explained the Times.
But the Chinese hack goes much deeper. Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said on Twitter that the White House was “closely tracking” the reports that the vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange were being used in “potential compromises of U.S. think tanks and defense industrial base entities.”
However, the White House needs to do more than just “track’ these attacks. This rapidly escalating attack comes months after the SolarWinds breaches by suspected Russian intelligence. The Biden administration has focused primarily on the Russian hacks and plans retaliation against Moscow. The New York Times reports that:
The first major move is expected over the next three weeks, officials said, with a series of clandestine actions across Russian networks that are intended to be evident to President Vladimir V. Putin and his intelligence services and military but not to the wider world.
The officials added that these clandestine actions would be combined with economic sanctions — though, as the NYT notes, “there are few truly effective sanctions left to impose.” This, especially after the extensive and expansive list of sanctions imposed by President Trump against Russia.
But now the Biden administration must face the reality that Russia isn’t the only hacking threat, something Team Trump repeatedly emphasized. Russia may not even be the most serious hacking threat.
These latest Chinese backed cyberattacks may force a reluctant Joe Biden to finally accept this reality and strike back at America’s other major, if not primary, adversary: China.
There’s a dangerous foe that’s actually penetrating our southern border and all they call it is a humanitarian crisis.
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Amen
The truth is, that liberalism is the biggest enemy of our freedom. It is the enemy within that calls themselves democrats. I tell you, this is not the same democrats that your grandpa used to vote for. These are communist working to destroy us from the inside.
Actually, the biggest foes to America are Republicans, Conservatives and Libertarians. Those who take an exegetical approach to interpreting that piece of paper called the Constitution, which stands for a piece of rag called the flag, are a seditious traitorous menace to pure DEMOCRACY – the socialist welfare nanny one-party state.
(SATIRE) – I agree totally with you. But what I wrote above is about the OFFICIAL MANTRA of the socialist Democrat Party and its Pravda minions, the liberal MSM.
Thanks and a thumbs up.
I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for Biden to fight China. His family is making millions from deals with the CCP.
Hey Gates your commie buddies are hacking into America your responsible for the mess from your good buddies China due your job and fix this mess or can I assume you can’t because their better than you, mr I’m better than everyone!
Both China and Russia know that with “BUMBLING BIDEN in office they have nothing to fear. All the despots in the world will do whatever they want with no concern about Dementia Joe. I see now that Iran is launching rockets to test Biden’s response (or lack of response).
Buckle-up boys and girls it is going to be a bumpy ride.
Russia isnt a threat to America and demorats want you to think so, to have someone to blame for all there corruption! Cover there tracks to speak! On the other hand China is a different ball game! Beware of the red bible says! Its china! They copy everything and secretly bought up America no matter the price. They own alot of farms! Meat companys! Movie complexes! Banks! You name it! We are trillions in debt to them thanks to Obama! They copy everything we do or make! Trump kept them corralled but Bidens and Obama’s in bed with them and not good for America! Already fuel prices going up! Cost of putting out crops to fertilizer going way up amd hurting farmers, the ones that fold they buy it up! Trying to charge rediclous prices to handed down property to drive them out and steal land! Driving down crop prices like before while everything else goes up! Demorats like obama and Soros need to go! All there is to it! We are 10 times better off the way Trump ran it! Obama and Soros are ruining everything about America! It will be up to good Americans to stop this trash!!
Both are = threats alone.
Russia aided Vietnam War as did China.
Same for hacking.
Even more reason for not only US to cut the Chinese off but the whole world needs to. They have released a biological war on the world & their economies causing countless deaths & damaging world economies. Yet a short 6 mths after releasing virus, they are open of business factories at full capacity.
Really I dont understand why the SCOTUS has non investigated following the voices about fraud vote from Dominion System Hackered from China and Iran….Russia? maybe by some russians hackers that worked for China…but Im surprise that an important Istution as SCOTUS has not investigated about the lawsuits presented from Trump Lawyers and also from Attorney Sidney Powell. In Italy many speak again about the role of USA Embassy in Rome and Leonardo Air Space Industry into the hacker vote fraud of the last 3 November.
I got bad news for all. Hacking is going on by all govts, yes us included. China is a way bigger problem/threat than anybody, well except for the domestic threat posed by these politicians and super rich. The way it is