U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations

A U.S. F-15 fighter jet taking off from Anderson Air Force Base in Guam earlier this year. The Chinese code, the officials say, appears directed at ordinary utilities that often serve both civilian populations and nearby military bases. 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.

The discovery of the malware has raised fears that Chinese hackers, probably working for the […]

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