Espionage Threat Posed <br />by China Is 'Unprecedented,', Says FBI Director.<br />Espionage Threat Posed <br />by China Is 'Unprecedented,', Says FBI Director.<br />FBI Director made the comments during an interview that aired on '60 Minutes.'.<br />He referred to the espionage carried out by China on the U.S. as "unprecedented in history.".<br />The biggest threat we face as a country from a counterintelligence perspective is from the People’s Republic of China and especially the Chinese Communist Party, Christopher Wray, FBI Director, via 'The Hill'.<br />They are targeting our innovation, our trade secrets, our intellectual property, on a scale that’s unprecedented in history, Christopher Wray, FBI Director, via 'The Hill'.<br />Paramount in his assessment was the massive number of cybersecurity breaches being initiated by China. .<br />They have stolen more of Americans’ personal and corporate data than every <br />nation combined, Christopher Wray, FBI Director, via 'The Hill'.<br />According to Wray, the FBI <br />is constantly responding <br />to new cases of cyberattacks <br />carried out by hackers in China.<br />We are now moving at a pace where we’re opening a new China counterintelligence investigation about every 12 hours, Christopher Wray, FBI Director, via 'The Hill'.<br />He stated that the <br />number of investigations <br />is already in the thousands.<br />There’s well north of 2,000 of these investigations. , Christopher Wray, FBI Director, via 'The Hill'.<br />Wray hinted that the FBI's effort to curtail the threats was taking a toll on the agency.<br />All 56 of our field offices are engaged on it, and I can assure that it’s not because our agents don’t have enough else to do. , Christopher Wray, FBI Director, via 'The Hill'.<br />It’s a measure of how significant the threat is, Christopher Wray, FBI Director, via 'The Hill'.<br />Ukraine has also levied accusations against China of cyberattacks on its nuclear and military infrastructures
