DHS terminates all its advisory committees, ends "Salt Typhoon" investigation
Among the committees was the Cyber Safety Review Board that was conducting an investigation into the hack of American telecom ...
Trump’s DHS Guts Board Investigating Chinese Hacking Group Salt Typhoon
The board had gained notoriety after investigating major hacking incidents including the Log4Shell vulnerability, the hacking ...
‘You’re fired’ - Salt Typhoon investigative body gets the axe in US government cuts
The board responsible for investigating recent Salt Typhoon cyberattacks has reportedly been fired All DHS advisory boards ...
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Salt Typhoon: An Analysis of Vulnerabilities Exploited by this State-Sponsored Actor
Salt Typhoon, a state-sponsored actor linked to the People’s Republic of China, has breached at least nine U.S.-based telecommunications companies with the intent to target high profile government and ...
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Trump disbands Cyber Safety Review Board, Salt Typhoon inquiry in limbo
Some experts are concerned that the dismissal of the Cyber Safety Review Board removes a critical security blanket and ...
Outgoing FCC head says Salt Typhoon hacking a clarion call to address security issues
The outgoing head of the Federal Communications Commission said a massive Chinese-linked cyber-espionage operation against ...
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China Has Raised the Cyber Stakes
Aggressors in these types of attacks have the advantage over the defenders, and China cannot be talked out of spying. But ...
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Salt Typhoon breach was first detected on federal networks, CISA head says
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly said the group was first detected “before we ...
Treasury sanctions Salt Typhoon hacking group behind breaches of major US telecom firms
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Friday that it had sanctioned a China-based ...
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Verizon says it has ‘contained’ Salt Typhoon impacts
Verizon has "contained" impacts from the Salt Typhoon hack, allegedly perpetrated by a hacking group backed by the Chinese ...
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U.S. Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm Over Treasury Hack Tied to Salt Typhoon
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions against a Chinese cybersecurity ...
CISA clocked Salt Typhoon in federal networks before telecom intrusions
Outgoing CISA Director Jen Easterly didn’t say what agencies were impacted by Salt Typhoon or when, but noted it provided ...