Cybersecurity Dive February 7, 2024
Federal agencies urged immediate action by critical infrastructure providers and tech manufacturers to protect against malicious threat activity from Volt Typhoon.
The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed the state-sponsored threat actor Volt Typhoon compromised the IT environments of multiple critical infrastructure providers in the U.S. The group and other China state-linked actors are operating a broad campaign to sow panic and disruption in preparation for a possible military attack in the Asia-Pacific region.
The agencies issued a detailed warning with key international partners, warning the threat group has already embedded itself inside the systems of numerous transportation, energy, communications and water and wastewater providers, using so-called living off the land techniques that are designed to hide...