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By Michael Martina, Patricia Zengerle and Andrew Goudsward
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hackers linked to the Chinese government are targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, preparing to cause “real-world harm” to Americans, FBI Director Christopher Wray told a congressional committee on Wednesday.
Water treatment plants, the electric grid, oil and pipelines and transportation hubs are among the targets of state-sponsored hacking operations, he told the House of Representatives Select Committee on competition with China
Wray spoke the same day U.S. officials announced that they had disrupted a sweeping Chinese cyber-spying operation.
“They’re not focused just on political and military targets. We can see from where they position themselves across civilian infrastructure, that low blows aren’t just a possibility in the event of conflict, low blows against civilians are part of China’s plan,” Wray said.
The Chinese…
