Chinese hackers breached 13 US gas pipeline operators from 2011 to 2013: Report

Chinese hackers breached 13 US gas pipeline operators from 2011 to 2013: Report US security agencies have assessed that the attacks were ultimately intended to help China develop cyberattack capabilities against US pipelines to physically damage pipelines or disrupt pipeline operations, it added. The security agency said the US federal government had specifically attributed the attacks to state- "The US government has attributed this activity to Chinese state- US security agencies have assessed that the attacks were ultimately intended to help China develop cyberattack capabilities against US pipelines to physically damage pipelines or disrupt pipeline operations, it added. US security agencies have issued a new advisory about a major threat to the cyberspace assets of the United States and its allies from Chinese state- In a coordinated announcement, a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory issued on Monday states that state-backed cyber actors aggressively target political, economic, military, educational, and critical infrastructure to steal sensitive data, and emerging key technologies, intellectual property, and personally identifiable information. An unprecedented group of US allies and partners, including the EU, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, and NATO, have joined in exposing and criticising China's Ministry of State Security's malicious cyber activities.