FBI boss: Chinese hackers determined to ‘wreak havoc’ on US infrastructure

FBI director Christopher Wray (Susan Walsh/AP)

Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States, FBI director Chris Wray will tell House politicians on Wednesday in a fresh warning from Washington about Beijing’s global ambitions.

Mr Wray will say there has been “far too little public focus” on a cyber threat that affects “every American”, according to a copy of prepared remarks he will give before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.