Hackers backed by the Chinese government are targeting South China Sea claimants, according to a US cyber firm. Hackers are also targeting countries involved in projects and those that are strategically important to the Belt and Road Initiative. The South China Sea territorial conflicts “quite likely constitute another driver of China’s cyber espionage operations,” according to a report released Wednesday by Insikt Group, a team of threat researchers from cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. According to a new assessment from a US cybersecurity firm, Chinese hackers with suspected ties to the government attacked government and commercial sector organisations across Southeast Asia…