Although cyber relations between the United States and China became strained after numerous allegations during the past year of Chinese spying operations targeting the US, the Department of Homeland ...

On October 19, 2025, China-linked hackers known as “Salt Typhoon” were detected attempting to infiltrate yet another European telecommunications provider, deploying sophisticated techniques and ...

U.S. cyber policy has long treated China as both a strategic competitor and a cyber powerhouse—capable of espionage at scale, intellectual property theft, and disruptive operations. Yet a persistent ...

Matthew Ferren is an international affairs fellow in national security, sponsored by Janine and J. Tomilson Hill, at the Council on Foreign Relations. He coauthored the 2023 National Cybersecurity ...

China's cyber-threat groups continue to ramp up their attacks on Taiwan, boosting cyber activity against the self-ruled island's critical infrastructure and seemingly conducting cyber operations ...

Fears of U.S. surveillance drove Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to elevate the agency and put it at the center of his cyber ambitions. By Chris Buckley and Adam Goldman American officials were alarmed in ...

Over the past weekend, the U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) lab Anthropic published a report about its discovery of the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign.” The company says a ...

In 2018, Vice President and National Space Council Chair Mike Pence heralded a new era of “American dominance in space,” which would be led by a new U.S. Space Force. The service, eventually ...