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More than a dozen US officials and industry experts said in interviews over the past two months that the Chinese effort goes far beyond telecommunications systems and predated the May report by at least a year.

The Biden administration is hunting for malicious computer code it believes China has hidden deep inside the networks controlling power grids, communications systems and water supplies that feed military bases in the United States and around the world, according to US military, intelligence and national security officials.

The Biden administration is hunting for malware believed to originate from Chinese attackers in critical infrastructure systems that support U.S. military bases worldwide.

The Biden administration is searching for malware it believes China has buried in networks that control a variety of utilities to military bases, according to a report from the New York Times, which Fox News has not yet independently confirmed. One congressional official told the New York Times that the malware is "a ticking time

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is hunting for malicious computer code it believes China has hidden deep inside the networks controlling power grids, communications systems and water supplies that feed military bases in the United States and around the world, according to U.S. military, intelligence and national security officials. The discovery of the malware has raised fears that Chinese hackers, probably working for the People’s Liberation Army, have inserted code designed...

US intelligence representatives are searching for a malicious computer code that they believe China has developed to target the US military bases infrastructure in the event of a conflict, including the one around Taiwan, The New York Times reported, citing US officials.The malware has allegedly bee ..

The NYT alleges that the code has already been implemented in networks required for military base operations in the US and around the world. 

The Biden administration is hunting for malware believed to originate from Chinese attackers in critical infrastructure systems that support U.S. military bases worldwide, the New York Times reported, citing unspecified military, intelligence and national security officials.

One official told the New York Times the malware was a “ticking time bomb.”

American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during a Chinese move against Taiwan.