DHS terminates all its advisory committees, ends "Salt Typhoon" investigation
Among the committees was the Cyber Safety Review Board that was conducting an investigation into the hack of American telecom ...
Trump’s DHS Guts Board Investigating Chinese Hacking Group Salt Typhoon
The board had gained notoriety after investigating major hacking incidents including the Log4Shell vulnerability, the hacking ...
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Salt Typhoon: An Analysis of Vulnerabilities Exploited by this State-Sponsored Actor
Salt Typhoon, a state-sponsored actor linked to the People’s Republic of China, has breached at least nine U.S.-based telecommunications companies with the intent to target high profile government and ...
Outgoing FCC head says Salt Typhoon hacking a clarion call to address security issues
The outgoing head of the Federal Communications Commission said a massive Chinese-linked cyber-espionage operation against ...
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Trump disbands Cyber Safety Review Board, Salt Typhoon inquiry in limbo
Some experts are concerned that the dismissal of the Cyber Safety Review Board removes a critical security blanket and ...
US Treasury Department imposes sanctions on Chinese company over Salt Typhoon hack
The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on alleged hacker Yin Kecheng and cybersecurity company Sichuan ...
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Salt Typhoon breach was first detected on federal networks, CISA head says
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly said the group was first detected “before we ...
Treasury sanctions Salt Typhoon hacking group behind breaches of major US telecom firms
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Friday that it had sanctioned a China-based ...
Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war
U.S. intelligence says these China-backed hackers are among those laying the groundwork for future conflict with the United ...
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Verizon says it has ‘contained’ Salt Typhoon impacts
Verizon has "contained" impacts from the Salt Typhoon hack, allegedly perpetrated by a hacking group backed by the Chinese ...
The U.S. Sanctions Beijing Firm Behind Major ‘Salt Typhoon’ Telecom Hacks
In its final days, Biden administration to sanction firm allegedly behind massive spy breach ...
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US hits back against China’s Salt Typhoon group
Experts welcome economic sanctions against gang believed to be behind telecom hacks, but warn tougher action is needed.