"I think it's a brazen aggressiveness on the part of the Chinese government that continues to escalate, and unfortunately, with all the efforts we've undertaken here, collectively, including through the law enforcement side, it just has not had the deterrent effect that we would want to see," said FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, speaking on a panel at a Wednesday event hosted by the nonprofit Intelligence and National Security Alliance.
"I think that causes us to have to think hard about what steps need to be taken or actions to stop it," Abbate said.
The assessment provides a blunt, first-of-its-kind outlook about U.S. efforts to tear down the hackers. Volt Typhoon is said to be burrowing into critical infrastructure with plans to shutter or sabotage the operational technology underpinning their systems in the event the U.S. enters military conflict with China, officials have assessed.
The Beijing-backed cyber collective, dubbed Volt Typhoon by intelligence officials, was found this week to have embedded into the inner workings of several U.S. internet service providers.
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