Once considered “sloppy” in its cyber operations, China’s online capabilities have grown rapidly over the past decade into a dangerous threat regarded as equal to U.S. military digital skills, a new congressional report warns.
Under Chinese President Xi Jinping, China’s military and government reorganized cyber agencies now boast new and sophisticated cyberwar tools along with powerful cyber-espionage accused of stealing trillions of dollars in proprietary and secret U.S. information.
“China has engaged in a massive buildup of its cyber capabilities over the past decade and poses a formidable threat to the United States in cyberspace today,” the bipartisan report by the U.