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FBI director warns Chinese hackers aim to 'wreak havoc' on U.S. critical infrastructure
MSN/NBC ^ | 1-31-24

Posted on 02/01/2024 2:44:14 AM PST by nuconvert

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned about the growing threat of Chinese cyberattacks against U.S. electrical grids and other infrastructure during an appearance Wednesday morning before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.

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Wray also argued that “there has been far too little public focus” that Chinese hackers are targeting critical infrastructure in the U.S. such as water treatment plants, electrical grids, oil and natural gas pipelines, and transportation systems, according to the prepared remarks.

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As Wray testified, the Justice Department and FBI announced they had disabled a Chinese hacking operation that had infected hundreds of small office and home routers with botnet malware that targeted critical infrastructure.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; cyberattack; fbi
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1 posted on 02/01/2024 2:44:14 AM PST by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Stating the obvious.


2 posted on 02/01/2024 2:46:37 AM PST by exnavy
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To: nuconvert

This will be used to affect the election. Mail in ballots somehow?


3 posted on 02/01/2024 2:51:02 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: nuconvert

I know nothing about hacking, but I would imagine it would be much easier the closer one is to the victim? We have all these Chinese nationals now in the country courtesy of the Biden stolen election occupation and needless to say they are hard at work to F us over.


4 posted on 02/01/2024 2:52:48 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: nuconvert

We should be pre- positioned to do the same .
It’s time to teach the uppity PRC chinks a big lesson.


5 posted on 02/01/2024 2:54:56 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: nuconvert
Sun Tzu: 'The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.'

You have to give Xi Jinping credit here. With his Virus and collaboration with RATs he got control of America without even firing a shot. He has been much more successful at killing America than the Soviets ever were.

6 posted on 02/01/2024 2:55:27 AM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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To: nuconvert

”Nice dam ya got there....”

7 posted on 02/01/2024 2:56:47 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: xzins

IIRC, when Ga election board was told to preserve the ballots, they shredded them anyway. Amongst some of the trash were shipping labels in Chinese writing. The ballots in question were not creased as though they had not been mailed in, rather printed in reams.


8 posted on 02/01/2024 2:58:18 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: LeoWindhorse

“We should be pre- positioned to do the same “

We should have had a plan in place for retaliation against Iran & its proxies when Joe gave his “Don’t” warning, but we didn’t. They’re still working on it....
For some who knows what reason, they actually thought they didn’t need one.


9 posted on 02/01/2024 3:01:03 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Quite the contrary. Most state-sponsored threat actors work in facilities maintained by those governments. They are far away behind VPNs, proxies, and TOR endpoints.


10 posted on 02/01/2024 3:01:30 AM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: gundog

Be a shame if something happened to it. 😆


11 posted on 02/01/2024 3:04:34 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

“Amongst some of the trash were shipping labels in Chinese writing. The ballots in question were not creased as though they had not been mailed in”

I remember that, too.


12 posted on 02/01/2024 3:12:52 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant tastes of death but once.")
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To: nuconvert

I may be getting cynical in my old age, but I smell Nameless.Deepstate.gov all over this.
Kind of like Russia Collusion...
or Jan 6...


13 posted on 02/01/2024 3:17:42 AM PST by Semper Vigilantis ('Legal' and 'Right' are not synonyms)
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To: Nateman

At this point, all XI has to do is sit back & wait....this country is in the process of committing suicide, so it won’t be long.


14 posted on 02/01/2024 3:18:41 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: xzins

Is this the same FBI the same people who told us Hunter Biden’s Laptop was Russia Propaganda?


15 posted on 02/01/2024 3:19:46 AM PST by rovenstinez
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To: nuconvert

Maybe spend a little less time going after school board protesters then


16 posted on 02/01/2024 3:20:07 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: nuconvert

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17 posted on 02/01/2024 3:21:52 AM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: nuconvert

Let’s think outside the box on this one.

I have no doubt the Chinese could at any time they choose disrupt our infrastructure.

With regards to the election, I would like to hear how we know it’s the Chinese hacking the infrastructure, I doubt a bunch of hackers sitting in China are hacking the election systems, they could be a bunch of hackers sitting in Starbucks all over the USA doing the same thing and it would be much harder to detect.

Suppose it’s not the Chinese or Russians or any one else outside the USA, suppose the hacks are carried out by people inside the USA, perhaps a group of Democratic Hackers.

What I would say is be highly skeptical of the claims of Christopher Wray who had been known to lie when it’s convenient, what better way to cover the tracks of Democrats hacking the election than blame the Chinese.

All you have to do is look at how the Russians were blamed for hacking 2016 and 2020 when in reality it was the Democrats all along.


18 posted on 02/01/2024 3:24:25 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: exnavy

The CCP is chiseling away at our infrastructure already, and may have caused considerable long-term damage, that shall unfold over time.

But worse, it is being done with the full support and compliance of the Joe Stolen/”Que mala” Harris regime now squatting in the Oval Office. They WANT the chaos.

When the bills come due, we shall be coming in high, hot, blind, dead-stick, wheels up, out of fuel, and with the glide angle of a rock. Happy landing.


19 posted on 02/01/2024 3:26:23 AM PST by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

There are far too many American Citizens, aka Democrats who actively support destruction of the Republic. We need to clear out all the Traitors here at home before we worry about the CCP. And NO Mr. Wray, Latin Mass Catholics are not Traitors.

Disinfect and Fumigate our OWN House First!!


20 posted on 02/01/2024 3:30:35 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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