Americans “need to be prepared” for Chinese Cyberattacks

A Colonial Pipeline in Georgia, which delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, halted operations after revealing a cyberattack it said had affected some of its systems/File: AP

WASHINGTON: The United States may not be resilient enough to fend off and survive Chinese attacks on its critical infrastructure should the present great power competition between Washington and Beijing evolve into an actual conflict, according to a top U.S. cyber official.