FBI Director Christopher Wray: Chinese Hackers Are ‘Targeting Our Critical Infrastructure’
Chinese Communist Party-backed hackers are targeting U.S. infrastructure, like water treatment plants and electrical grids, to “wreak havoc.”
Chinese Communist Party-backed hackers are targeting U.S. infrastructure, like water treatment plants and electrical grids, to “wreak havoc.”
The Washington Post on Monday reported that concerns about China’s growing cyber-warfare assault on U.S. infrastructure systems are justified, as hackers linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have “burrowed into the computer systems of about two dozen critical entities over the past year.”
President Joe Biden’s administration has awarded $6 billion in federal infrastructure spending to California for two high-speed rail projects — one, a failing public-sector effort by the state; the other, a private rail line from Southern California to Las Vegas.
A possible cyberattack knocked out phone lines to police and fire departments in Israel for over an hour on Monday night.
The municipal water authority of the Pennsylvania town of Aliquippa announced on Saturday that one of its water stations was hacked by an Iran-backed criminal group called the “Cyber Av3ngers.”
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Monday promoted his “Beautiful China” initiative at a Chinese Communist Party Central Committee meeting, urging the party to build a “modern socialist country in all respects” by 2035.
The UK Guardian noted on Monday that China has become the “world’s biggest debt collector” thanks to the massive loans poor nations took out from Chinese banks to finance Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure projects.
President Joe Biden pledged $16 billion in federal money to improve Amtrak in the nation’s Northeast Corridor.
The government of Greece is planning to put illegal migrants to work on public works projects to update the nation’s infrastructure.
Libya’s eastern government said that China will take the lead in rebuilding the flood-ravaged city of Derna.
During an interview with Bloomberg on Friday, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic stated that unspent stimulus on things like infrastructure will put upward pressure on inflation, but if it’s spent on things that increase productivity, it will be “much
China acquires stake in a container terminal in Hamburg, one of the most important ports in Europe, despite some warning of the dangers.
German authorities are reportedly rethinking a plan to sell a large stake in its largest port to a company owned by the Chinese government.
A Lower Manhattan multi-storey parking garage collapsed, with decks of cars crashing down killing one and injuring four others.
China’s state-run Global Times on Monday mocked the Biden administration for trying to compete with China for the affections of Africa by spending a fraction of the money Beijing has invested in the continent.
During an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon stated that he believes there is a “good chance” that inflation will not decline enough by the fourth quarter, and things like infrastructure spending, the Inflation Reduction Act, bringing
China’s state-run Global Times on Tuesday claimed the Ohio toxic train derailment and factory explosion were evidence of America’s “crumbling infrastructure,” “declining governance capabilities,” and the inferiority of representative republican government.
Reform UK called for an end to foreign ownership of Britain’s utility firms to prevent the taxpayer from being continuing to be “ripped off”.
Former President Donald J. Trump unveiled his plans to prevent Chinese companies from buying up critical components, or “the crown jewels,” of the American economy in his latest campaign platform video released Wednesday
Five Cuban families residing in a crumbling building in Old Havana sent a letter to the news website Cibercuba expressing fear that their derelict building, which suffered a partial collapse in October that claimed the life of a five-year-old, will face another collapse that will end their lives.
Facing reverses on the frontline, Russian forces are intensifying strategic strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, with a renewed bombardment of Kyiv (Kiev) cutting off power and water in the capital.
The UK government’s Net Zero green agenda plans risk exposing the country to “critical risk”, a report drafted by MPs has claimed.
Two fibre optic cables have been severed in the last week, disrupting phone networks and internet data, fuelling speculation of sabotage.
Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko claimed in an interview on Tuesday that Russian missiles have damaged at least 30 percent of the energy infrastructure of the entire nation since Vladimir Putin announced a “massive” strike on Monday.
European fears about sabotage were dramatically underlined when two cables 350 miles apart were cut at once, bringing the railway to a halt.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) argued that the money in the infrastructure bill that is going towards electric vehicle charging stations across the country would be far better spent on “real
Congress can best help the American economy by importing more lower-wage, lower-skill workers for companies that would otherwise hire Americans and invest in high-tech machinery, according to House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA).
Ted Cruz caught flack on Wednesday when he promoted President Joe Biden’s “infrastructure” agenda after previously voting against it.
President Joe Biden chose to give a speech about infrastructure Monday at Boston’s Logan International Airport — ironically, causing delay warnings at the airport and across other transportation infrastructure throughout the Boston area
President Joe Biden expressed frustration about the state of American airports on Monday, even though he made funding for trains a greater priority in his infrastructure bill.
Illinois Democrat Congressional nominee Eric Sorenson once proposed a $2 trillion “great New Deal” that he said would cost each American $8,000.
China’s State Council on Wednesday released a 19-point plan to revive the faltering Chinese economy. The measures included more fiscal controls, more electricity generation, and more central government spending on agriculture and infrastructure.
CARACAS, Venezuela – A top official with the German company Siemens Energy AG told Bloomberg News on Tuesday that it is “in talks” with the socialist regime of dictator Nicolás Maduro to repair the nation’s crumbling power grid.
A section of Beirut’s grain silos collapsed on Thursday, the same day that Lebanon marked the second anniversary of a deadly explosion at the Port of Beirut that devastated the city and damaged the very same grain silos, the National, a U.A.E.-based newspaper, reported.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) said the opponents of his proposed removal of an environmental regulation are enviromentalists, lawyers, and the CCP.
Kenyan presidential hopeful William Ruto promised on Wednesday that if elected, he will make all Kenyan government contracts with China public, and move aggressively to deport Chinese nationals working illegally in Kenya.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday will launch a $1 billion pilot plan to address what he sees as cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by roads.
Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Sunday announced a $600 billion infrastructure plan for developing nations – a program clearly intended to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) stated that President Joe Biden’s plan to have a federal gas tax holiday while also not depleting the Highway
The 710 freeway, a major artery linking Los Angeles to its port complex, will no longer be expanded, thanks to opposition that claimed the highway is racist because it produces emissions that affected minority communities living near the road.