U.S.-China cybersecurity pact agreed in 2015 seems to have gone out the window, experts say. Cybersecurity experts spoke Thursday at the Aspen Cyber Summit in San Francisco. China’s thinking appears to be: “If we’re going to suffer the economic pain, why not get the benefit from espionage?” Cybersecurity expert says deterrence is most effective when it targets the behavior of a country’s leadership, rather than its hackers. The White House threatened to impose sanctions on China unless it ceased its cyber-enabled economic espionage program.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/chinese-cyber-threat-nsa-confirms-attacks-have-escalated-a-11696