Officials in the U.S are of the opinion that in a cyber campaign named Volt Typhoon, first detected about a year ago by the U.S. government, the Chinese military is ramping up its ability to disrupt key American infrastructure, including power and water utilities, communications, and transportation systems. From cyberattacks at a water utility in Hawaii, a major port, an oil and gas pipeline, to attempts at Texas’ power grid, hackers affiliated with China’s People’s Liberation Army have hit about two dozen critical entities over the past year, these experts said.

Cyberattacks at Hawaii, which is home to the Pacific Fleet, and at least one major West coast port as well as logistics centers suggests the Chinese military wants the ability to complicate U.S. efforts to ship troops and equipment to the region if a conflict breaks out over Taiwan.

The US officials say that China is sitting on a stockpile of strategic vulnerabilities, or undisclosed security flaws it can use in stealthy attacks to cripple critical American infrastructure. Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page