China Steals AI Capabilities It Can’t Build, Cybersecurity Firm Says

CrowdStrike’s 2026 threat report says China-nexus actors increased intrusions and rapidly exploited edge devices used by global companies.

In this photo illustration, a hacker types on a computer keyboard on May 13, 2025. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times

CrowdStrike has found that China-nexus cyber actors increased targeted intrusion activity by 38 percent in 2025, including an 85 percent rise in attacks on logistics organizations, as Chinese hacking groups accelerated their exploitation of corporate technology systems and artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

The American cybersecurity firm made the findings in its 2026 Global Threat Report, and in a related June 9 press release, which CrowdStrike framed around the Chinese regime’s effort to “steal AI capabilities it can’t build.”