Volt Typhoon: the ‘defining threat of our generation’
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:10 am
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... -explainer
interesting article, and quite concerning when you think that "assymetric warfare" seems to involve/include undermining a state's infrastructure. I hadn't read their earlier article explaining it, https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... astructure which says
Could have implications for any system controlled via the cloud... like my GivEnergy kit! Let's hope their IT security is up to scratch.
interesting article, and quite concerning when you think that "assymetric warfare" seems to involve/include undermining a state's infrastructure. I hadn't read their earlier article explaining it, https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... astructure which says
Chinese hackers infiltrated plane, train and water systems for five years, US says.
A group known as Volt Typhoon, geared toward sabotage, quietly burrowed into critical US infrastructure networks.
An advanced group of Chinese hackers taking aim at critical US infrastructure has been active for as long as half a decade, American and allied intelligence agencies said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
The US National Security Agency, US cyber watchdog CISA, the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration said that the group known as Volt Typhoon had quietly burrowed into the networks of aviation, rail, mass transit, highway, maritime, pipeline, water and sewage organizations.
None of the organizations were identified by name, but the statement said that US intelligence officials had observed the hackers “maintaining access and footholds within some victim IT environments for at least five years”.
Could have implications for any system controlled via the cloud... like my GivEnergy kit! Let's hope their IT security is up to scratch.