Sources: Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December 2024 meeting that China was behind the Volt Typhoon hacks, tying them to the US' support for Taiwan
„The Chinese delegation linked years of intrusions into computer networks at U.S. ports, water utilities, airports and other targets, to increasing U.S. policy support for Taiwan" — www.wsj.com/poli...
Sources: in July 2024, Microsoft told top GOP officials that Chinese hackers had accessed the RNC email system for months; the RNC chose not to alert the FBI
The news that Microsoft was infiltrated another time by Chinese hackers makes it clear that Elon's carelessness is putting your information at risk. — www.wsj.com/politics/nat... … Dustin Volz / @du...
Sources: the Trump admin dismissed the members of the CSRB, which investigates major cybersecurity incidents, likely disrupting the Salt Typhoon hacks probe
This includes several cyber committees, like CISA's advisory panel and the Cyber Safety Review Board, which was investigating Salt Typhoon. — That review is “dead,” person familiar says. — www.doc...
Sources: Chinese hackers targeted data from phones of Trump and JD Vance, via a hack of Verizon systems; staff members of Harris' campaign were also targeted
our adversaries fear him. https://www.wsj.com/... Meridith McGraw / @meridithmcgraw : Chinese hackers are believed to have targeted the cell phones of Trump and Vance, according to people familiar. Th...
Sources: Salt Typhoon hackers still had access to some parts of US broadband networks within the last week, and investigators don't know what they were seeking
In letters to AT&T, Verizon and Lumen, lawmakers ask about proposed measures the companies will take to protect U.S. wiretap systems X: @dnvolz and @dnvolz . LinkedIn: Dustin Volz X: Dustin Volz / @dn...
Sources: China-linked hackers have broken into a handful of US ISPs in recent months in pursuit of sensitive info, in a campaign investigators call Salt Typhoon
It is latest intrusion into core U.S. infrastructure by entities linked to China — Hackers linked to the Chinese government … X: @dnvolz X: Dustin Volz / @dnvolz : New: Hackers linked to the Chinese...
Researchers: a network of 200+ Russia-linked X accounts shows how Russian trolls are trying to go viral, including low-quality, high-volume replies to Elon Musk
Kremlin-backed influence network has sought engagement with Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and other influential accounts X: @dnvolz and @mathewjschwartz X: Dustin Volz / @dnvolz : In Nov. 2022, after ac...
Iran has emerged as the most aggressive foreign threat to the US election; a Microsoft report showed ways it has tried to hack a presidential campaign and more
Microsoft reveals apparent attack ahead of US election SC Media : Iranian influence operations against US elections escalate Juliana Kim / NPR : Microsoft detects fake news sites linked to Iran aimed ...
The FBI is investigating an alleged Trump campaign hack; sources say the agency is probing suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris
Is Harris pulling ahead of Trump? Martin Matishak / The Record : FBI says it is investigating purported Trump campaign hack Victor Nava / New York Post : FBI investigating alleged hack of Trump campai...
Sources: US officials have told Google, Meta, and others about concerns that undersea cables could be vulnerable to tampering by China-owned repair ships
no easy ask in a sector that's globalized by design Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : U.S. officials are privately warning its telecommunications companies: Undersea cables that ferry internet traffic acr...