Cyber firm CrowdStrike observed a massive increase in China-linked cyberattacks and digital espionage in 2024, demonstrating the communist regime’s offensive cyber operations have achieved a new level of sophistication.
As China’s Typhoon hacking groups grabbed international headlines for breaking into American infrastructure and Western telecommunications companies, CrowdStrike detected Beijing-backed across many other sectors.
China-linked malicious cyber activity rose 150% year-over-year across all sectors that CrowdStrike tracks, according to a draft of the firm’s 2025 Global Threat Report.
The annual report, published on Thursday, showed the most dramatic upticks of China’s chaos hit the media, manufacturing, financial services, and industrial and engineering sectors. China’s hacks and cyberattacks increased by 200% to 300% against these sectors.
“The scariest statement that I’ve ever uttered, before Congress or any place else, is that after decades of investment into China’s offensive capabilities, they’re now on par with other world powers,” CrowdStrike Senior Vice President Adam Meyers told reporters. “China has really gone from this smash-and-grab kind of chaos of the early 2010 timeframe to now they are really a fully functioning offensive cyber capability.”
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As China’s Typhoon hacking groups grabbed international headlines for breaking into American infrastructure and Western telecommunications companies, CrowdStrike detected Beijing-backed across many other sectors.
China-linked malicious cyber activity rose 150% year-over-year across all sectors that CrowdStrike tracks, according to a draft of the firm’s 2025 Global Threat Report.
The annual report, published on Thursday, showed the most dramatic upticks of China’s chaos hit the media, manufacturing, financial services, and industrial and engineering sectors. China’s hacks and cyberattacks increased by 200% to 300% against these sectors.
“The scariest statement that I’ve ever uttered, before Congress or any place else, is that after decades of investment into China’s offensive capabilities, they’re now on par with other world powers,” CrowdStrike Senior Vice President Adam Meyers told reporters. “China has really gone from this smash-and-grab kind of chaos of the early 2010 timeframe to now they are really a fully functioning offensive cyber capability.”
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China’s cyberattacks ramping up, more sophisticated, says cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike
Cyber firm CrowdStrike observed a massive increase in China-linked cyberattacks and digital espionage in 2024, demonstrating the communist regime’s offensive cyber operations have achieved a new level of sophistication.
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