---
title: "US Navy Struggling to Deal With an Onslaught of Hackers"
description: "## Submarine Screen Door"
date: "2019-03-13"
modified: "2019-03-13"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/navy-struggling-onslaught-hackers"
categories:
  - "Cybersecurity"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Hacking"
tags:
  - "china"
  - "cybersecurity"
  - "Navy"
---

# US Navy Struggling to Deal With an Onslaught of Hackers

![According to a damning new internal review, the U.S. Navy is getting hacked so much that it can't even tell how much intel has been stolen.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/navy-struggling-onslaught-hackers.png>)
*\<em\>Image: U.S. Navy/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Submarine Screen Door

According to a new internal review, the U.S. Navy is being overwhelmed by a wave of hacks and cyberattacks.

The problem is so bad — and the Navy's cybersecurity so inadequate— that the Navy doesn't even know how much sensitive information has been stolen, [according to *The Wall Street Journal*](<https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-industry-partners-are-under-cyber-siege-review-asserts-11552415553?ns=prod/accounts-wsj>), which reviewed the 57-page internal report.

"We are under siege," a senior Navy told the *WSJ*. "People think it’s much like a deathly virus — if we don’t do anything, we could die."

## One Way To Go

According to the report, the [Navy's lax digital security](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/navy-laser-weapon-research>) has jeopardized America's position as the world's military leader. The leaks of classified intel, which reportedly included plans for anti-aircraft missiles that could take down supersonic ships, have senior Navy officials justifiably concerned.

The report says that China has "derived an incalculable near- and long-term military advantage from \[the hacks\], thereby altering the calculus of global power," according to the *WSJ*, which reviewed a copy of the report.

## Too Cool For School

Hackers have also been targeting the Navy's corporate and academic partners that may have looser security than the military.

"In the era of great power competition, it should come as no surprise that Chinese hackers are targeting academic institutions ripe with valuable information about U.S. military capabilities," wrote U.S. Senator Edward Markey in a letter about the hacks.

**READ MORE:** [Navy, Industry Partners Are ‘Under Cyber Siege’ by Chinese Hackers, Review Asserts](<https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-industry-partners-are-under-cyber-siege-review-asserts-11552415553?ns=prod/accounts-wsj>) \[*The Wall Street Journal*\]

**More on cybersecurity:** *[Bizarre Malware Is Disabling Safety Systems at Industrial Plants](<https://futurism.com/bizarre-malware-disabling-safety-systems-industrial-plants>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/danrobitzski>)