Inside the Ring: CIA on Chinese Cyber Spying

China's President Xi Jinping
China's President Xi Jinping / Getty Images

A senior CIA analyst said China is continuing to conduct aggressive cyberespionage operations against the U.S., contrary to claims by security experts who say Beijing curbed cyberattacks in the past few years.

"We know the Chinese are very active in targeting our government, U.S. industry and those of our partners through cyberespionage," said Michael Collins, deputy assistant CIA director and head of the agency’s East Asia Mission Center.

"It’s a very real, big problem, and we need to do more about it," Mr. Collins told a recent security conference in Aspen, Colorado.

Read the entire article at the Washington Times.

Published under: China

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