Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD warn of growing Chinese cyberattacks targeting critical network devices

Chinese hackers are gaining an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the devices that sit at the gateways of Western networks, and Dutch intelligence services now warn that this trend could translate into a sharp rise in cyberespionage operations in the years ahead. The warning raises new questions about how vulnerable government institutions, critical infrastructure operators and businesses remain as geopolitical tensions with Beijing continue to grow.