US officials increasingly view Chinese hackers as a serious military threat.
Previously thought of as “the cyber equivalent of noisy, drunken burglars,” China’s hackers are now “soldiers on the front lines of potential geopolitical conflict” following recent operations to infiltrate US infrastructure and telecoms networks, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Officials are especially concerned the intrusions could make it harder for the US to respond to a future conflict involving China, particularly over Taiwan.
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