Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2022.
China's cyber-espionage and sabotage capacities are an "epoch-defining threat," the top U.S. cybersecurity official said, warning that in the event of open warfare "aggressive cyber operations" would threaten critical U.S. transportation infrastructure "to induce societal panic."
"We, as an American people, need to understand not just cyber resilience but the imperative of operational resilience and the importance of societal resilience," the CISA director said.
Chinese cyber infiltration and espionage have been an ongoing concern for American companies.
A disruption of critical pipelines, communications infrastructure, or transportation services could cripple the U.S. economy in the case of conflict.
Persons:
Jen
Organizations:
Infrastructure Security Agency, Homeland Security, Washington , D.C, China's, Infrastructure Security, Aspen Institute, Microsoft, U.S, Corporate, U.S ., Colonial Pipeline
Locations:
Rayburn, Washington ,, U.S, China, Asia, East