As China continues its cyber assault on the U.S. federal government and its allies, and as the scope of attacks on critical infrastructure expands, the incoming Trump administration must drop President Joe Biden’s tolerance and make clear to China that the United States will hit back in the event of any such future hostilities.

It was revealed this week that hackers connected to Beijing recently breached information systems at the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which is responsible for enforcing economic sanctions. Simultaneously, Taiwan’s government reported that Chinese cyberattacks on its government agencies doubled in 2024.