The US faces myriad conventional and unconventional threats: Russia, North Korea, Iran, terrorist organizations, climate change, and pandemics are just some of them. Yet, China unquestionably rises to the top as the primary danger to U.S. national security. Earlier in 2021, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines stated in Congress that Beijing has become an […]
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Chinese hackers steal classified data, US blacklists Chinese telecom giants
On DutyIn December, the Pentagon and the US intelligence community came to an alarming conclusion. Hackers had breached their security, potentially stealing unknown amounts of classified information and jeopardizing national security. First revealed by FireEye, a private cybersecurity firm, the massive hack was thought to be the work of the Russians. Although it appears that Moscow […]