created citizen hacker groups, engaged in extensive cyber espionage, including of U.S. computer software and hardware, taken several steps to defend its own cyberspace, established cyber war military units, and laced U.S. infrastructure with logic bombs. While developing cyber strategy, China also made use of private hackers closely aligned with the state’s interests. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission estimates that there are up to 250 groups of hackers in China that are sophisticated enough to pose a threat to U.S. interests in cyberspace.
