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‘Salt Typhoon’ Hackers Infiltrated National Guard, Had 9 Months of Access: Memo

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‘Salt Typhoon’ Hackers Infiltrated National Guard, Had 9 Months of Access: Memo

90% Center coverage: 10 sources

Chinese hackers infiltrated the network of at least one state’s National Guard and remained in its systems for over nine months, a Department of Homeland Security memo says. The findings, as first reported by NBC News, shed new light on the extent of the hacking campaign against the United States by China’s “Salt Typhoon.”The June memo, based on an investigation by the Department of Defense, says the Chinese hackers “extensively compromised” an …See the Story

House Passes Bill to Formalize NTIA’s Cyber Role Following Salt Typhoon Attacks

House Passes Bill to Formalize NTIA’s Cyber Role Following Salt Typhoon Attacks

34% Center coverage: 3 sources

As cyber officials work to contain Salt Typhoon inside U.S. telecom networks, the House on Monday passed a bill that would officially designate one federal agency to lead efforts in protecting the nation’s digital infrastructure from such threats. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act cleared the House via voice vote and is now teed up for Senate consideration — the same position the bill found itself in…See the Story

Senate Panel Pushing DOD on Strategy to Deter Chinese Cyber Activity on Critical Infrastructure

Salt Typhoon · United States

Senate Panel Pushing DOD on Strategy to Deter Chinese Cyber Activity on Critical Infrastructure

Coverage: 2 sources

The Senate Armed Services Committee is proposing legislation that would require the Department of Defense to develop a deterrence strategy against cyber activity on critical infrastructure. The provision is part of the annual defense policy bill. The committee released a summary Friday, although the full text of the legislation won’t be released until a later date. The executive summary of the bill only offers that a provision mandates “a strate…See the Story

Top FBI cyber official: Salt Typhoon ‘largely contained’ in telecom networks

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

The Chinese hackers behind the massive telecommunications sector breach are “largely contained” and “dormant” in the networks, “locked into the location they’re in” and “not actively infiltrating information,” the top FBI cyber official told CyberScoop. But Brett Leatherman, new leader of the FBI Cyber division, said in a recent interview that doesn’t mean the hackers, known as Salt Typhoon, no longer pose a threat. While there’s been some debat…FBI · China See the Story

Canadian telecom firms target of suspected cyberattacks from Salt Typhoon group linked to Chinese state: Cyber Centre

100% Left coverage: 2 sources

In a statement sent to Metroland Media, a spokesperson for the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Canada denied China's involvement in the alleged espionage campaign calling it "fabricated false information" meant to discredit the country.Salt Typhoon · Canada See the Story

Canadian Telecom Hacked by Suspected China State Group

57% Center coverage: 7 sources

Hackers suspected of working on behalf of the Chinese government exploited a maximum-severity vulnerability, which had received a patch 16 months earlier, to compromise a telecommunications provider in Canada, officials from that country and the US said Monday. “The Cyber Centre is aware of malicious cyber activities currently targeting Canadian telecommunications companies,” officials for the center, the Canadian government’s primary cybersecur…Cisco · Canada See the Story

Canada Says Network Devices Compromised in China-Linked Hack

Coverage: 2 sources

Canada’s cybersecurity agency said Chinese-backed hackers were likely behind recent malicious activity targeting domestic telecommunications infrastructure, warning that three network devices registered to a Canadian company were compromised in the attacks.Salt Typhoon · Canada See the Story

Telecom Giant Viasat Breached by China's Salt Typhoon Hackers

67% Left coverage: 3 sources

Satellite communications company Viasat is the latest victim of China's Salt Typhoon cyber-espionage group, which has previously hacked into the networks of multiple other telecom providers in the United States and worldwide.Salt Typhoon · United States See the Story

Comcast Among Firms Likely Hit by China's Salt Typhoon Hackers, Sources Say

80% Center coverage: 5 sources

Such intrusions into the world's network infrastructure could mean the hackers have a deeper foothold than previously known.Salt Typhoon · China See the Story

Senators to Noem: Axing Review Board Puts 'Lives at Risk'

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

: Remember Salt Typhoon? Anyone?Kristi Noem See the Story

Four Senate Democrats Call on DHS to Reinstate Cyber Safety Review Board Membership

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Four senators asked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to reestablish the Cyber Safety Review Board, citing the need to investigate a landmark breach of telecommunications networks by Chinese hackers known as Salt Typhoon. In a letter Thursday, the senators also said the board has conducted important oversight of other incidents before DHS removed its members in January, such as its report on a breach of Microsoft by other Chi…Kristi Noem · United States See the Story

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