Did a Chinese hacker group target US infrastructure?
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Did a Chinese hacker group target US infrastructure?

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The FBI has said that a Chinese state hacker group targeted US infrastructure, and the US has managed to dismantle the efforts to target key public infrastructure such as the power grid and pipelines. Here’s what we know about Beijing’s hacking operations: Washington has warned that China represents “the broadest, most active, and persistent cyber espionage threat” to its government and private sector. In 2021, the United States, NATO and other allies said China had employed “contract hackers” to exploit a breach in Microsoft email systems, giving state security agents access to sensitive information. Volt Typhoon appeared to be a highly sophisticated operation that could originate from a “specialised cyber intrusion contractor”, Matthew Brazil, a Senior Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation and a former US diploma, told AFP. “The US government is engaged in malicious cyber operations against not just China… while blaming China for so-called ‘hacking attacks’,” Mao said.

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