Asia-24-Singh-ChinasMilitaryCyberOperationsHas.pdf

1、#BHASIA BlackHatEventsChinas Military Cyber OperationsHas the Strategic Support Force Come of Age?Pukhraj SinghDisclaimerThe views expressed in this presentation are strictly personal,and not of my employersBefore we proceed When I say“China”or“Chinese”,it implies the state and organs of the Peoples

2、 Republic of China(PRC),established by the Communist Party of China(CCP)It carries no judgement on the rich and fascinating Chinese history,culture and societyBLUF Bottom line up front-I Grand summary:Recent PRCs cyber operations have all the hallmarks of a military mobilisation(Operational Preparat

3、ion of the Environment)Grand objective:To secure the PRCs geo-economic interests in its near-abroad The strategic shift Strategic information warfare as an enabler for air and sea control in the South China Sea(and Taiwan Strait)Readjust the balance of power in the region by disrupting the USs logis

4、tics,naval power projection and Freedom of Navigation The military cyber operations architecture Mobilisation of wartime constructs like the Information Operations Group(IOG)to rope in civilian authorities/threat actorsBLUF Bottom line up front-II The tactical and infrastructural overlaps in threat

5、activity clusters The absorption of authorised forces into the wartime IOG The command-and-control Strategic information/cyber operations directly authorised by the Central Military Commission The politico-military objectives Information/cyber operations as first strike,followed by electronic warfar

6、e and kinetic operations to disrupt the adversarys system-of-systems The degradation of will to resist and deterrent effectsAgenda Part I:Recent prepositioning operations:Volt Typhoon and RedEcho Part II:The Peoples Liberation Armys(PLA)Strategic Support Force(SSF)Part III:The CCPs information warfa