U.S. Hit by Chinese Cyberattack
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Chinese-linked hackers targeted U.S. internet providers, potentially accessing highly sensitive data which may threaten our national security.
From The Wall Street Journal. A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of U.S. broadband providers, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests.
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For months or longer, the hackers might have held access to network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawful U.S. requests for communications data, according to people familiar with the matter, which amounts to a major national security risk. The attackers also had access to other tranches of more generic internet traffic, they said.
Verizon Communications, AT&T and Lumen Technologies are among the companies whose networks were breached by the recently discovered intrusion, the people said.
The widespread compromise is considered a potentially catastrophic security breach and was carried out by a sophisticated Chinese hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon. It appeared to be geared toward intelligence collection, the people said. …
Companies are generally required to disclose material cyber intrusions to securities regulators within a short time, but in rare cases, federal authorities can grant them an exemption from doing so on national security grounds.
The surveillance systems believed to be at issue are used to cooperate with requests for domestic information related to criminal and national security investigations. Under federal law, telecommunications and broadband companies must allow authorities to intercept electronic information pursuant to a court order. It couldn’t be determined if systems that support foreign intelligence surveillance were also vulnerable in the breach. …
The hackers appear to have engaged in a vast collection of internet traffic from internet service providers that count businesses large and small, and millions of Americans, as their customers. …
Investigators are still probing the origins of the Salt Typhoon attack and are exploring whether the intruders gained access to Cisco Systems routers, core network components that route much of the traffic on the internet, The Wall Street Journal previously reported. …
China has routinely denied allegations from Western governments and technology companies that it relies on hackers to break into foreign government and business computer networks. …
Microsoft is investigating the new Salt Typhoon intrusion along with other cybersecurity companies and what sensitive information might have been accessed. …
Salt Typhoon has been active since 2020 and is a nation-state hacking group based out of China that focuses on espionage and data theft, particularly capturing network traffic, Microsoft said in a research note written in August. …
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(Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal. Photo Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash)
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Dear Lord and Almighty God, because Your attributes are too numerous to name, You said to Moses, “I Am Who I Am.” Jesus said to those questioning His identity and calling Him demon possessed, “before Avraham came into being, I AM!” Lord, much of the world wants both Israel and America utterly destroyed. But Jesus says, “no one can come to Me unless You, the Father who sent Him draws them and He says, I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to You, the Father, except through Me.” In their present condition these Chinese hackers are numbered among the living dead but there are so many in China, alive in Christ. I pray You will give the greatest influence to our Christian brothers and sisters because Jesus is the answer for this and all the world’s problems. May You draw them to turn and seek You and know that You alone are the Supreme Ruler over their lives. You utterly destroyed my unbelief and took possession of my heart and soul….I am asking for the same miracle in their lives. In the Name of Jesus, Yeshua, Isa, 耶稣…please continue to protect Israel and America from the enemies that surround us and utterly destroy their corruption. Amen