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Top U.S. Cybersecurity Official: "China Attacks on American Infrastructure ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ and designed to seek to cause ‘societal panic’ in the event of a US-China war." Jen Easterly, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said Wednesday that as she prepares to leave office, China-backed attacks on American infrastructure pose the gravest cyber threat to the country. And she believes they will get worse. Easterly called recent Chinese cyber intrusions the “tip of the iceberg,” and warned of dire consequences for U.S. critical infrastructure in the event of a U.S.-China conflict. “This is a world where a war in Asia could see very real impacts to the lives of Americans across our nation, with attacks against pipelines, against water facilities, against transportation nodes, against communications, all to induce societal panic,” Easterly said during the Winter Summit of the Cyber Initiatives Group Wednesday. CLICK THE IMAGE 👇 to read about this and more in our Cybersecurity News of the Week and Patch Report! RESOURCE: For owners, executives, and their Boards: How do you prepare for a cyberattack? SecureTheVillage published Cybersecurity 101: https://lnkd.in/gghGmTBY About SecureTheVillage and author Stan Stahl, PhD: The vision of SecureTheVillage is to make #LosAngeles the cyber-safest metropolitan region in the United States for smaller businesses, nonprofits, families, and individuals. It takes a village to secure the village.™ Repost to share to your network! ♻