The long-standing threat of Chinese cyber warfare was brought back into the public consciousness this week after the U.S. Treasury Department announced a security breach believed to have been conducted by Chinese Communist Party-affiliated actors.

As with all previous cyberattacks attributed to the CCP, officials have denied the allegations, calling the claims “groundless” and “unwarranted.”

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