UPDATE: Chinese Cyber Attacks Against

the U.S.By: Katherine Neal

Issue Definition:• Significant decrease in volume of cyber attacks attributed to Chinese

groups• Attacks continue, but very few comparatively• Major People’s Liberation Army (PLA) restructuring

Hypothesis• Frequency of attacks will remain low in the short term, but over the

long term will increase

Analysis• Sino-U.S. agreement against corporate cyber attacks?• Major restructuring of the People’s Liberation Army• International image—refined strategy of attack?

National Security Implications & Countermeasures• Threats to internal stability and regime legitimacy• Crackdown on the media, South China Sea

• Information sharing• “Plan for network defense and resilience…[through] Red Team [of]

network defenses”

Forecast• Cyber attacks will continue—low frequency• Much lower number of attacks on private companies• The number of the attacks will increase