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Chinese hackers infiltrated plane, train and water systems for five years, US says
A group known as Volt Typhoon, geared toward sabotage, quietly burrowed into the networks of critical US infrastructure
The statement, which was co-signed by the respective cybersecurity agencies of Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, is the latest in a series of warnings from US officials about Volt Typhoon, a group that has drawn particular alarm because it appears geared toward sabotage rather than espionage. The widespread nature of the hacks has led to a series of meetings between the White House and private technology industry, including several telecommunications and cloud commuting companies, in which the US government asked for assistance in tracking the activity. “We are extraordinarily concerned about malicious cyber activity from the PRC state sponsored actor that industry calls Volt Typhoon,” senior CISA official Eric Goldstein, referring to the People’s Republic of China, told Reuters ahead of the statement’s release.
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