China’s strategy of large-scale cyberattacks is motivated mainly by the goal of keeping the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in power, in addition to gaining economic secrets and planning cyberattacks in a conflict, according to a new report by the Center for a New American Security.
"The primary driver for China’s network security strategy formulation remains the maintenance of CCP governing power," the 38-page report by the centrist think tank concludes.
The report, "Warring State: China’s Cybersecurity Strategy," is the first public assessment of China’s strategy for cyberwarfare and cyberspying, a problem that has grown in intensity in recent years as U.S. government and private networks have been victimized by large-scale data theft attributed to Chinese civilian and military hackers.
Read the full article at the Washington Times.