The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning federal agencies to protect their devices from a major hacking campaign, according to a statement made on Thursday. And it gets worse: China may be behind the hacking.

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From The Epoch Times:

“This widespread campaign poses a significant risk to victims’ networks by exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities that persist through reboots and system upgrades,” CISA said.

Zero-day vulnerabilities refer to unknown or unaddressed security flaws in computer hardware, firmware, or software. Such vulnerabilities are called “zero-day” since the software or device with such flaws has zero days to fix the issue, thus enabling hackers to immediately exploit them.

According to the directive, Cisco has assessed that the hacking campaign is linked to the threat actor ArcaneDoor.

A May 2024 post by computer and network security company Censys said an investigation of IPs controlled by ArcaneDoor suggested “the potential involvement of an actor based in China, including links to multiple major Chinese networks and the presence of Chinese-developed anti-censorship software.”

The hacking campaign is targeting Cisco Adaptive Security Devices, which the Times describes as “a family of firewall security devices” designed to give users access secure access to data and resources. Vulnerabilities, therefore, allow malicious actors like ArcaneDoor to access user data, including the data of government employees using Cisco devices.

CISA instructed government agencies to disconnect or upgrade these devices by 11:59 PM EST last night. Additionally, the agencies are required to report a full inventory of affected products to CISA by October 2.

This is not the first time the Trump administration has had to order this kind of emergency directive. As the Times notes, the administration has to issue a similar directive in August to “prevent vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange.” It is also not the first time China has targeted the U.S. with cyberattacks, as IFA reported that the Trump administration apprehended a Chinese hacker in July.

As bad actors continue to target America, let’s ask God to protect our technology from all kinds of attacks!

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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: seksan Mongkhonkhamsao/Getty Images)