Security News > 2022 > February > FBI says more cyber attacks come from China than everywhere else combined

US Federal Bureau of Investigation director Christopher Wray has named China as the source of more cyber-attacks on the USA than all other nations combined.

In a Monday speech titled Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Government Inside the US, Wray said the FBI is probing over 2,000 investigations of incidents assessed as attempts by China's government "To steal our information and technology."

Wray rated China's online offensive as "Bigger than those of every other major nation combined," adding it has "a lot of funding and sophisticated tools, and often joining forces with cyber criminals - in effect, cyber mercenaries."

Wray said China sometimes directs attacks by government-owned companies but doesn't have to rely on such entities because businesses are required to maintain a Communist Party Committee comprised of Party members who are placed in senior management positions.

"In 2015, the Chinese government publicly promised to stop handing hacked US technology to Chinese companies, but their cyber theft program kept going strong."

"There is so much good we could do with a responsible Chinese government: crack down on cyber criminals, stop money launderers, reduce opioid overdose deaths. But at the FBI, we're focused on the reality of the Chinese government today."

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