China’s cyber capabilities now equal to the US, warns Dutch intelligence

Multiple April 2026 reports indicate a sharp rise in nation-state cyber activity and a shifting defensive posture in Western countries. Dutch intelligence warns China’s cyber capabilities now match the U.S. and that many sophisticated operations are going undetected; the U.K. is now handling about four nationally significant incidents per week, most attributed to hostile governments; the U.S. Department of Defense is preparing a more aggressive cyber strategy; regulators in the U.K. (Ofcom) are probing Telegram and teen chat sites over alleged CSAM sharing; and the EU has imposed sanctions on两