China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Breached the US National Guard for Nearly a Year
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Summary
The US National Guard has been the victim of an extensive espionage campaign carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeting at least one state’s network, according to an advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
CISA blamed the attack on the Chinese hacker group, Salt Typhoon, and said the group had been in the national guard’s network from March to December 2020.
Salt Typhoon was also implicated in the targeting of US telecoms systems, including the phone conversations of then-candidates Donald Trump and JD Vance.
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing controversy over the collection of DNA samples of migrant children and teens, which have been added to the criminal database.
Additionally, there was further worrying news for train security as CISA revealed last week that a vulnerability dating back to 2005 had never been fixed, meaning hackers could send their own unauthenticated commands to disrupt trains, shut down rail networks or even cause derailments.
