Chinese hackers breached major U.S. telecommunications providers, including Verizon, AT&T and Lumen, in what U.S. officials believe to be a wide-reaching espionage operation. The hackers, linked to China’s Ministry of State Security, may have accessed sensitive information related to U.S. surveillance and federal wiretap requests, raising significant national security concerns. The FBI, along with U.S.…

U.S. officials revealed that hackers with ties to the Chinese government compromised several American internet providers in a large-scale cybersecurity breach. The attack, known as “Salt Typhoon,” is part of an ongoing effort by state-sponsored groups in Beijing to infiltrate critical U.S. infrastructure. The Salt Typhoon operation specifically targeted broadband networks, seeking to access sensitive…

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have used a critical zero-day vulnerability to infiltrate and infect American internet companies and service providers. Cybersecurity experts with Lumen Technologies said the sophisticated attack is attributed to the group “Volt Typhoon” and aims to compromise critical U.S. infrastructure, steal credentials, and potentially disrupt U.S. military capabilities in future conflicts, particularly concerning…

CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in test software for taking out 8.5 million Windows machines. That’s according to a preliminary post-incident review published Wednesday, July 24, by the company. No one appeared to have it as bad as the airline industry with nearly 3,000 canceled flights. However, the outage stretched across health care systems too.…

The U.S. military’s new Cyber Command chief and head of the National Security Agency has sounded the alarm about a stealthy Chinese cyber threat to critical American infrastructure. Unlike typical cyber intrusions that steal data or military secrets, this threat sits dormant within civilian systems, primed for disruptive attacks. Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh, who…

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated U.S. infrastructure and are waiting for “just the right moment to deal a devastating blow.” Wray emphasized the immediate threats China poses to U.S. national and economic security during his speech at the Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats on…

Israel struck back in its first military response to Iran since last weekend’s attack. The 12-person jury is selected in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, April 19, 2024. Israel carried out strike against Iran in response to drone attack Israeli forces struck back…

Recent warnings from the National Security Agency (NSA) highlight an ongoing cyber threat posed by the persistence of Chinese hackers. In a cybersecurity advisory issued with other federal agencies, the NSA singled out a Beijing-backed hacker network known as “Volt Typhoon” for targeting and infiltrating American critical infrastructure. “The [advisory] focuses on PRC-sponsored cyber actor,…

The United States faces a relentless wave of cyber attacks, with an incident occurring every 39 seconds. The Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that in 2022, these breaches inflicted a financial toll of $10 billion. Digital breaches not only risk the exposure of sensitive personal information of millions of Americans but also threaten to disrupt…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has officially announced his run for president in 2024, overcoming technical difficulties on a Twitter Spaces event with the social media company’s CEO Elon Musk to make the announcement. And the U.S. government along with Microsoft have issued a warning regarding Chinese malware that is targeting critical American infrastructure. These stories…