Experts Kevin Mandia and Nicole Perlroth highlighted the escalating threat from China-backed cyber groups during a live discussion at RSAC Conference 2025. Mandia noted a significant increase in China's cyber aggression, emphasizing the absence of established rules of engagement. He reflected on past incidents where attacks compromised military systems, illustrating the growth in sophistication and scale of such threats over decades. Perlroth added that it has been a struggle for organizations and governments to recognize and acknowledge the risks posed by these advanced persistent threats (APTs) until evidence, like Mandiantâs APT1 report, clearly connected cyber incidents to Chinese state-sponsored efforts.
China's almost doubled their aggression in cyber because there's no agreed upon rules of engagement,
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