The FBI is more preoccupied than ever with Chinese malware

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The FBI has reiterated its ‘laser-focus’ on stamping out the efforts of Chinese state actors to hack into and destabilise American infrastructure. The Financial Times (paywall) reported on comments made this week by the FBI’s director, Christopher Wray, who also claimed that the law enforcement agency had thwarted recent attempts by the Chinese state to disrupt the US’ utility infrastructure, under the guise of a hacking network known only as Volt Typhoon. Wray spoke specifically about how the proliferation of malware is making operations like Volt Typhoon all the more common. According to him, computing hacking is the latest means...