FBI Director James Comey said Chinese hackers are more prolific than talented with technological savvy — more like drunken thieves than able-minded, strategic criminals.
“I liken them a bit to a drunk burglar,” Mr. Comey said during a “60 Minutes” televised interview. “They’re kicking in the front door, knocking over the vase, while they’re walking out with your television set. They’re just prolific. Their strategy seems to be, ’We’ll just be everywhere all the time. And there’s no way they can stop us.’ “
He also said that most of the cyberattacks from the Chinese are aimed at taking intellectual properties from American companies, “so they don’t have to invent,” he said, The Hill reported.
“There are two kinds of big companies in the United States,” Mr. Comey went on, The Hill reported. “There are those who’ve been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don’t know they’ve been hacked by the Chinese.”
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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