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DOJ and the FBI announce they were able to disrupt a massive Chinese cyber-espionage campaign called Volt Typhoon.

Everyone is talking about a hearing with politicians ripping into social media titans, telling them how terrible their platforms are. Still, another hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning with the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) should be what we are talking about. It

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(Bloomberg) -- A US operation disrupted a Chinese state-sponsored hacking effort in which spies hijacked a large network of devices to target water facilities and the power grid, among other targets, officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice said on Wednesday. Most Read from BloombergTrump Risks Losing More Than Half of Swing-State Voters If Found GuiltyMusk’s $55 Billion Pay Package Voided, Threatening World’s Biggest FortuneHouse Passes $78 ...

“This is truly an Everything Everywhere, All at Once scenario,” one official said.

Hackers backed by the Chinese government are targeting U.S. water treatment plants and electrical grids, FBI Director Christopher Wray is scheduled to testify.

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that Chinese hackers are preparing attacks on U.S. infrastructure such as the electric grid and transportation.

The FBI director says Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeting of U.S critical infrastructure — including water treatment plants, pipelines and the power to grid — poses a national security threat.

During his appearance before the Congressional House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray underscored the escalating threat of Chinese cyberattacks against vital U.S. infrastructure, including electrical grids, pipelines, and critical cyber systems.

Several directors of security agencies and the FBI testified before Congress on the Chinese government's ability to infiltrate the U.S. cyber infrastructure.