China's State-Sponsored Hackers Target US Navy and Pacific Cyberinfrastructure.

Chinese-backed hackers breached American infrastructure, including technology systems belonging to the U.S. Navy, using legitimate credentials to gain access to the systems and small-office routers to disguise where the intrusion is coming from. The infrastructure targeted “span the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors.” The Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies issued a joint advisory on the hack and how to detect similar ones, while China denied the allegations.