How China’s Secretive Spy Agency Became a Cyber Powerhouse

How China’s secretive spy agency became a cyber powerhouse

Fears of US surveillance drove Xi Jinping to elevate the agency and put it at the centre of his cyber ambitions.

Inside China’s Hidden Cyber Machine: How the MSS and ‘Salt Typhoon’ Put Spies in Your Phone Network — and What Comes Next

Key facts (as of September 28, 2025) The big picture: from “quiet persistence” to a global telecom dragnet The past year has made clear that China’s cyber apparatus—centered on the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and buttressed by commercial contractors—has retooled for scale and stealth. A rare, globe‑spanning advisory issued by CISA, NSA, FBI, and allied cyber agencies documents how an MSS‑linked cluster overlapping with Salt Typhoon burrowed…