The intelligence agencies of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom issued a joint recommendation on Wednesday regarding attacks by China-backed hackers on critical US infrastructure.
The advisory contains technical details and focuses on a recently discovered significant group of activity related to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber attackers, also known as the Bolt Typhoon. .
“Private sector partners have identified this activity impacting networks in critical infrastructure sectors in the United States, and the author’s agency believes the attackers may have compromised these and other sectors around the world. We believe that the same approach can be applied to
Microsoft reported that it “discovered stealthy and targeted malicious activity focused on post-compromise credential access and network system detection targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the United States.” bottom.
“This attack was carried out by Bolt Typhoon, a China-based state aid group that is generally focused on espionage and intelligence gathering,” the company said, adding that the attack was “a critical We are seeking to develop capabilities that could disrupt communications infrastructure,” he added. US and Asian region in future crisis. ”
Source: Diario.Elmundo
