The CCP’s ArcGIS Cyberattack Threatens Everything

The U.S. response to the CCP has been too little, too late.
The CCP’s ArcGIS Cyberattack Threatens Everything
A member of a hacking group is using his computer at their office in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China, on Aug. 4, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images
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A state-sponsored hacker group from China was recently discovered to have hacked the most common mapping software used by governments and corporations around the world. The hackers turned the ESRI software, called ArcGIS, into a backdoor for the regime in Beijing.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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