US, China negotiating cyber warfare agreement

The United States and China are working on an agreement defining rules of engagement for cyberwarfare, according to a report in The New York Times.

The negotiations are under way ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s official state visit this week, with a goal to announce the accord Thursday, the Times reports.

Under the terms of the agreement, neither country will be the first to launch cyberattacks on the other’s critical infrastructure, such as power grids or cellphone networks, during peacetime.

Read the full article at The Hill.