China is continuing cyberattacks against government and private sector networks aimed at obtaining intellectual property to support China's military buildup and economic modernization, White House National Security Adviser John Bolton says.
Asked if China has lessened intellectual property theft through cyberattacks, Bolton said: "No. I think this is one of the reasons why one of our priorities here was to replace PPD-20 with what we call NSPM-13, National Security Presidential Memorandum-13, which dramatically changed the oversight and approval process for offensive cyber operations."
Bolton said the new order gives greater authority to operators in the military and intelligence community and will help establish deterrence against foreign cyberattacks.
On the recent presidential order designed to protect against Chinese telecommunications threats, Bolton said the administration has closely looked at threats to telecommunications both domestically and worldwide, and not just government communications.
On the trade dispute with China, Bolton said Trump is expected to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping at the G20 summit meeting to discuss trade negotiations, and Beijing is far from meeting American expectations for resolving the dispute, Bolton says.
"Now China says, 'Oh, but we have so few nuclear weapons now it wouldn't be fair to include us.' Well, sure, if I were the Chinese I'd probably say the same thing," Bolton said.
China so far has rejected U.S. offers to come to the nuclear bargaining table, but Bolton says it is important to try to get the Chinese to join arms talks because the risks of nuclear arms proliferation is growing and the danger that more nations are getting nuclear arms is increasing.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/bolton-china-continuing-cyberattacks-on-government-private-networks/
Asked if China has lessened intellectual property theft through cyberattacks, Bolton said: "No. I think this is one of the reasons why one of our priorities here was to replace PPD-20 with what we call NSPM-13, National Security Presidential Memorandum-13, which dramatically changed the oversight and approval process for offensive cyber operations."
Bolton said the new order gives greater authority to operators in the military and intelligence community and will help establish deterrence against foreign cyberattacks.
On the recent presidential order designed to protect against Chinese telecommunications threats, Bolton said the administration has closely looked at threats to telecommunications both domestically and worldwide, and not just government communications.
On the trade dispute with China, Bolton said Trump is expected to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping at the G20 summit meeting to discuss trade negotiations, and Beijing is far from meeting American expectations for resolving the dispute, Bolton says.
"Now China says, 'Oh, but we have so few nuclear weapons now it wouldn't be fair to include us.' Well, sure, if I were the Chinese I'd probably say the same thing," Bolton said.
China so far has rejected U.S. offers to come to the nuclear bargaining table, but Bolton says it is important to try to get the Chinese to join arms talks because the risks of nuclear arms proliferation is growing and the danger that more nations are getting nuclear arms is increasing.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/bolton-china-continuing-cyberattacks-on-government-private-networks/
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