Undeterred by recent indictments alleging widespread cyberespionage against American agencies, journalists and infrastructure targets, Chinese hackers are hitting a wider range of targets and battling harder to stay inside once detected, seven current and former U.S. officials said in interviews. Hacks from suspected Chinese government actors detected by the security firm CrowdStrike more than doubled from 2023 to more than 330 last year and continued to climb as the new administration took over, the company said... Although the various Chinese hacking campaigns seem to be led by different government agencies and have different goals, all benefit from new techniques and from Beijing's introduction of a less constrained system for cyber offense, the officials and outside researchers told The Washington Post... Chinese intelligence, military and security agencies previously selected targets and tasked their own employees with breaking in, they said. But the Chinese government decided to take a more aggressive approach by allowing private industry to conduct cyberattacks and hacking campaigns on their own, U.S. officials said. , Chinese Companies Now Authorized to Conduct Foreign Cyberattacks, Sell Access to Government (msn.com) 41 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 19, 2025 @01:34PM from the remote-access dept., U.S. government personnel are also granted access to relevant premises, records, and personnel for verification and enforcement purposes. Implications This Order underscores the U.S. government’s continued scrutiny of foreign investments in sensitive U.S. technology companies, particularly those involving acquirers from China..