Bolton Says US Currently Bolstering Defense Against China’s Cyber Espionage

Then-national security adviser John Bolton in a press conference at the White House in Washington on Aug. 2, 2018. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

U.S. national security advisor John Bolton outlined ways in which the U.S. administration was tackling cyber attacks from China aimed at stealing U.S. intellectual property, during a recent interview conducted by the Washington Free Beacon.

Bolton said that authorities began strengthening cyber defense since late 2018, after President Donald Trump issued a memorandum authorizing the use of cyberweapons as countermeasures to deter what Bolton called “offensive cyber operations” from China and other countries. Details about this memo were not previously made public.