China’s cyber sector amplifies Beijing’s hacking of U.S. targets

Undeterred by recent indictments alleging widespread cyberespionage against American agencies, journalists and infrastructure targets, Chinese hackers are hitting a wider range of targets and battling harder to stay inside once detected, seven current and former U.S. officials said in interviews.

Hacks from suspected Chinese government actors detected by security firm CrowdStrike more than doubled from 2023 to more than 330 last year and continued to climb as the new administration took over, the company said.

Bursts of espionage are typical with each new president, the officials said, and major staff cuts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have disrupted some response coordination. “The U.S. is absolutely facing the most serious Chinese hacking ever. We are in China’s golden age of hacking,” said China expert Dakota Cary of security company SentinelOne.

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