Security News > 2023 > August > US Cyber Command boss says China's spooky cyber skills still behind

The boss of US Cyber Command has opined that China's cyber and surveillance capabilities are not ahead of, or even comparable to, to those of the United States.

"There is a scope-scale sophistication that we ascribe to what China is doing today. Are they getting better? Yes," the commander of US Cyber Command, general Paul Nakasone, told a Thursday event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

The general, who as is customary simultaneously serves at Cyber Command and as director of the National Security Agency, said he was both confident and vigilant that classified networks had not been infiltrated by Beijing.

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That strategy saw a boost with Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine - a time US authorities shared some sensitive cyber information and ran offensive, defensive, and information cyber operations to support Ukraine.

While the Russian aggression brought a step-change to management of global cyber security issues, Nakasone said the previous year - 2021 - was pivotal for the US and cybersecurity.

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