>You seem to think this is something the US is unfamiliar with. The US has been one of the largest targets of attacks for a long time now.
Or so they say -- to make the case for more budget and that they are "victims too" not just agressors. And of course to paint some provincial BS backwaters as "credible threats".
It seems both unrealistic and weirdly dismissive toward China to call them a "provincial backwater" and suggest they don't have computer experts capable of attacking US targets.