A long-term Chinese cyber espionage operation that has been active since at least 2017 and has a count of at least 53 victims ...

Diplomats in Southeast Asia were among global entities targeted by a China-linked cyber espionage group earlier this year, Google has announced, adding the group “likely aligned with the strategic ...

In early November 2025, Knownsec, one of China’s largest cybersecurity firms with direct government ties, experienced a catastrophic data breach that exposed over 12,000 classified documents. The ...

U.S. cyber policy has long treated China as both a strategic competitor and a cyber powerhouse—capable of espionage at scale, intellectual property theft, and disruptive operations. Yet a persistent ...

China’s top intelligence agency on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency of carrying out a yearslong cyberespionage campaign against Beijing’s national time-service network, among the ...

On October 19, 2025, China-linked hackers known as “Salt Typhoon” were detected attempting to infiltrate yet another European telecommunications provider, deploying sophisticated techniques and ...

Matthew Ferren is an international affairs fellow in national security, sponsored by Janine and J. Tomilson Hill, at the Council on Foreign Relations. He coauthored the 2023 National Cybersecurity ...

The Chinese cyber-espionage organization known as Ink Dragon has extended their activities into Europe and started attacking public sector systems. They are known experts in stealth and sophistication ...

Cyber operations have become a defining feature of modern conflict, a front line that shapes the contours of global power competition. Yet despite daily headlines about Chinese hackers breaching ...

Google says China-linked cyber operations targeted Southeast Asia diplomats Hong Kong (CNN) — Diplomats in Southeast Asia were among global entities targeted by a China-linked cyber espionage group ...