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.

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 American military, intelligence and national security officials.

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  • i_shot_the_sherry@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Is that the same government that keeps a backlog of zero-day exploits to spy on people?

    We need to move from offense (keeping exploits/bugs a secret, keeping systems vulnerable, hacking other countries/people) to defense (keeping our citizens’ systems secure, being legally required to disclose vulnerabilities so that they can be fixed).

    You cannot complain about “the Chinese/Russians/Marsians) are hacking us!!1!” when it is at least partially your fault that they are able to do so in the first place.

    This applies to a lot of governments, not just the US.