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Chinese government hackers penetrate U.S. internet providers to spy
Beijing’s hacking effort has “dramatically stepped up from where it used to be,” says former top U.S cybersecurity official.
U.S. intelligence officials said that group sought access to equipment at Pacific ports and other infrastructure to enable China to sow panic and disrupt America’s ability to move troops, weaponry and supplies to Taiwan if armed conflict breaks out. In that case, it said a Chinese state hacking group distinct from Volt Typhoon was able to get far enough inside the service provider to alter the Domain Name System (DNS) web addresses that users were trying to reach and divert them elsewhere, allowing the hackers to insert back doors for spying. Though they avoided discussing threats to ISPs specifically, some of the top U.S. cybersecurity officials at the recent Black Hat and Def Con hacking conferences said Volt Typhoon remained as active and successful as it was when its operations were first identified last year.
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