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FBI says more cyber attacks come from China than everywhere else combined

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Dissent

Simon Sharwood reports:

US Federal Bureau of Investigation director Christopher Wray has named China as the source of more cyber-attacks on the USA than all other nations combined.

In a Monday speech titled Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Government Inside the US, Wray said the FBI is probing over 2,000 investigations of incidents assessed as attempts by China’s government “to steal our information and technology.”

Read more at The Register.


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