The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is increasing the threat to the U.S. power grid system, lawmakers said at a House hearing on Tuesday.

Manny Cancel, senior vice president of the North American Electricity Reliability Association, told lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday hosted by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations that China’s cyberattack on the power grid was expected and that confidentiality would be unacceptable. He said high civilian and military installations could go offline. . Cancel’s testimony comes in the wake of rising tensions between Washington and China and the February incident. report The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said that in the event of a head-to-head confrontation, the Chinese Communist Party “will almost certainly consider aggressive cyber operations against critical infrastructure in the mainland United States.”

‘China’s activities…very disturbing’ Canceled testified.

“China’s cyber activity is one of the most dynamic cyber threats,” he said. “China continues to demonstrate increasing sophistication, including new adaptive technologies for accessing its networks.” (Related: China and Cuba are discussing military training: Report)

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The threat assessment report also said China “almost certainly” has the capability to launch such cyberattacks against key infrastructure such as railroads and pipelines that transport oil and gas.

In May and June, Chinese hackers reportedly compromised State Department email accounts and the account of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimond. The country’s power grid system is vulnerable to CCP interference, and the number of vandalism and other physical attacks on power grid infrastructure surged 77% in 2022, according to the commission.

According to declassified information, Chinese-backed hackers compromised the systems of 13 oil and gas pipeline owners between 2011 and 2013 and extracted sensitive data related to pipeline operations. succeeded in doing report Co-authored by the FBI and the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure and Security Agency.

Hackers backed by the Chinese Communist Party[continue] It’s to show how patient and stealthy they are, and as we’ve seen in recent attacks, they’re actually very adept at obfuscating what they’re trying to do. To prove that I am,” Cancel testified later in the hearing.

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