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Dustin Volz

@dnvolz
294 posts
2025-08-27
New: China's historic Salt Typhoon hack targeted >80 countries, reaching across globe to a far greater extent than initially understood + likely let spies to surveil global movements of U.S. citizens. “It should really set off alarm bells for all Americans,” FBI cyber chief says.
2025-08-27 View on X
Washington Post

The FBI and agencies in the UK, Canada, and others warn that a Chinese hacking campaign targeting US telecoms has expanded to 80 countries and 200+ US companies

The advisory shows global resolve against a hacking campaign that exceeds accepted norms for snooping.

2025-04-12
Great story here from Kate on the ongoing TP-Link probe in the U.S. and the company's familial origin story.
2025-04-12 View on X
Bloomberg

US investigators are probing whether the China ties of TP-Link Systems Inc., the US-based business of Wi-Fi router giant TP-Link, pose an “unacceptable risk”

and a rift between 2 brothers on opposite sides of the Pacific. Our deep dive on TP-Link & its claim it's chosen the US over China: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Mark Simon / @mark...

2025-01-23
Members of the Cyber Safety Review Board were informed they have been dismissed pursuant to a DHS order disbanding all advisory committees. The board had been in the middle of probing the Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms, a review that now is in limbo and possibly terminated.
2025-01-23 View on X
Defense One

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 famili...

Potentially impactful news here on FISA Section 702 domestic queries. Congress will again debate the law and weigh changes to it ahead of its April 2026 expiration.
2025-01-23 View on X
Cato Institute

A US district judge rules that the FBI's warrantless “backdoor” searches of FISA's Section 702 databases violate the Fourth Amendment

but nonetheless, today's decision that Section 702 data cannot be used to spy on US persons without a warrant was hard-fought and actually a pretty big deal.  —  www.eff.org/deepli...

Members of the Cyber Safety Review Board were informed they have been dismissed pursuant to a DHS order disbanding all advisory committees. The board had been in the middle of probing the Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms, a review that now is in limbo and possibly terminated.
2025-01-23 View on X
Wired

Q&A with former CISA Director Jen Easterly, appointed in 2021, on leaving the agency, Donald Trump, China's Salt Typhoon, Russia, unfinished business, and more

Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump's budget cuts all threaten US security. Mastodon: @lhn@mastodon.online . Forums: r/cybersecurity Mastodon: Lily Hay Newman / @lh...

DHS now has a statement on this: “Effective immediately, the Department of Homeland Security will no longer tolerate any advisory committee which push agendas that attempt to undermine its national security mission, the President's agenda or Constitutional rights of Americans.”
2025-01-23 View on X
Wired

Q&A with former CISA Director Jen Easterly, appointed in 2021, on leaving the agency, Donald Trump, China's Salt Typhoon, Russia, unfinished business, and more

Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump's budget cuts all threaten US security. Mastodon: @lhn@mastodon.online . Forums: r/cybersecurity Mastodon: Lily Hay Newman / @lh...

DHS now has a statement on this: “Effective immediately, the Department of Homeland Security will no longer tolerate any advisory committee which push agendas that attempt to undermine its national security mission, the President's agenda or Constitutional rights of Americans.”
2025-01-23 View on X
Defense One

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 famili...

2025-01-22
Members of the Cyber Safety Review Board were informed they have been dismissed pursuant to a DHS order disbanding all advisory committees. The board had been in the middle of probing the Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms, a review that now is in limbo and possibly terminated.
2025-01-22 View on X
Dark Reading

The Trump administration fires all advisory committee members within the DHS, including those in the CISA's CSRB, which was investigating Salt Typhoon hackers

In a letter sent today, the acting DHS secretary terminated membership to all advisory boards, including the Cyber Safety Review Board …

2024-12-18
NEWS: U.S. officials are weighing a ban of Chinese home router maker TP-Link—a top-selling device on Amazon—due to fears the devices pose a national security risk. Comes amid ongoing alarm around telecom insecurity wrought by Salt Typhoon. https://www.wsj.com/...
2024-12-18 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: US officials are investigating Chinese router maker TP-Link, which has an estimated 65% US market share, and could ban the sale of its routers in 2025

TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks  —  U.S. authorities are investigating whether …

TP-Link, established in China, has roughly 65% of the U.S. market for routers for homes and small businesses, and powers internet communications for the Defense Department and other federal government agencies.
2024-12-18 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: US officials are investigating Chinese router maker TP-Link, which has an estimated 65% US market share, and could ban the sale of its routers in 2025

TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks  —  U.S. authorities are investigating whether …

2024-11-17
SCOOP: T-Mobile was also hacked in wide-ranging Chinese infiltration of U.S. and international telecommunications firms. Officials are still struggling to understand full scope of damaging espionage operation. https://www.wsj.com/...
2024-11-17 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised

Carrier joins growing list of known victims, including AT&T and Verizon, of the major Chinese spying operation

2024-11-16
SCOOP: T-Mobile was also hacked in wide-ranging Chinese infiltration of U.S. and international telecommunications firms. Officials are still struggling to understand full scope of damaging espionage operation. https://www.wsj.com/...
2024-11-16 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised

Carrier joins growing list of known victims, including AT&T and Verizon, of the major Chinese spying operation

2024-11-06
NEW: Chinese hackers used precision strikes to quietly compromise phone lines used by an array of senior national security and policy officials, an attack that ensnared thousands of contacts and compromised overseas providers. The latest on Salt Typhoon https://www.wsj.com/...
2024-11-06 View on X
Wall Street Journal

How the Salt Typhoon hackers, linked to Chinese intel, breached US telco infrastructure to carry out targeted espionage against the US for at least eight months

Wall Street Journal :

2024-10-26
NEWS: People affiliated w/ Harris campaign in addition to Trump and Vance targeted in major Chinese spy operation now believed to have hit dozens of firms and individuals. Spies also attempted to hack a @WSJ reporter after we exposed the operation. https://www.wsj.com/...
2024-10-26 View on X
New York Times

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...

The hackers have shown unusually aggressive tactics since being discovered last month, disturbing investigators working to address the cyber-espionage campaign. That includes attempts to re-enter patched systems after being ejected from them, sources said https://www.wsj.com/...
2024-10-26 View on X
New York Times

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...

The Salt Typhoon operation has rattled officials and investigators perhaps more than any cyber-espionage campaign I have covered in over 10 years as a reporter on this beat. https://www.wsj.com/... [image]
2024-10-26 View on X
New York Times

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...

2024-10-12
“The implications of any breach of this nature would be difficult to overstate,” said the House China Committee's leadership in letters to victim companies. The House Energy and Commerce Committee and Sen. Ron Wyden are also pressing for answers. https://www.wsj.com/...
2024-10-12 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Salt Typhoon hackers still had access to some parts of US broadband networks within the past week, and investigators don't know what they were seeking

Wall Street Journal :

More: Hackers still had access to some parts of U.S. broadband networks within the last week, and more companies were being notified that their networks had been breached, people familiar with the matter said. https://www.wsj.com/...
2024-10-12 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Salt Typhoon hackers still had access to some parts of US broadband networks within the past week, and investigators don't know what they were seeking

Wall Street Journal :

2024-10-11
“The implications of any breach of this nature would be difficult to overstate,” said the House China Committee's leadership in letters to victim companies. The House Energy and Commerce Committee and Sen. Ron Wyden are also pressing for answers. https://www.wsj.com/...
2024-10-11 View on X
Wall Street Journal

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 ...

More: Hackers still had access to some parts of U.S. broadband networks within the last week, and more companies were being notified that their networks had been breached, people familiar with the matter said. https://www.wsj.com/...
2024-10-11 View on X
Wall Street Journal

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 ...