Confronted with Chinese hacking threat, industrial cybersecurity pros ask: What else is new? 

At the S4X24 conference, industrial cybersecurity leaders debated U.S. warnings about China’s “Volt Typhoon” activity against critical infrastructure, viewing Chinese prepositioning as a long-standing status quo while urging more specific, timely intelligence. Experts noted stealthy living-off-the-land tactics that limit traditional IOCs, the expanding attack surface from rapid digitization, and the immediate harms from ransomware, calling for better information sharing and sector-specific guidance to strengthen prioritization, resilience, and response.