This is your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense podcast.

Welcome back, cyber sleuths, it’s Ting with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, coming to you with everything you need to know about the last 24 hours in the Sino-cyber showdown. Let’s plug right in—no reboot required.

If you thought the *Volt Typhoon* saga was old news, think again. According to the Senate Armed Services Committee, China’s not just peeking into US defense and port networks anymore—they’re embedding themselves, especially in maritime environments like Guam. Their goal? To poke holes in American military mobilization if tensions over Taiwan escalate. Officials say this is "one of the largest cyber espionage campaigns against America" and what really has everyone’s hair on fire is China’s shift from just stealing secrets to putting US critical infrastructure at risk. The new twist? Salt Typhoon—yes, the names sound like rejected Pokémon—has also slithered into telecom and other sectors for good old-fashioned espionage, showing Beijing’s appetite for both sabotage and industrial secrets. And don’t forget, the big brains at DoD are being pushed to finally develop a real deterrence strategy, since China’s hacking crews apparently don’t fear the US in cyberspace.

Speaking of telecom, the National Security Agency is investigating fresh China-linked cyberattacks against AT&T, Lumen, and Verizon. NSA Director Timothy Haugh warns that these probes threaten to compromise US wiretap systems themselves, meaning if China cracks this, they’d have a front-row seat to national security communications. He calls it “the greatest challenge of our time”—not just because of scale, but because China’s cyber workforce is, get this, fifty times bigger than the FBI’s. General Haugh is rallying for a “whole of nation response”—translation: government, industry, and academia need to team up now, or say goodbye to data privacy.

Let’s talk shiny new vulnerabilities. CISA just added the Citrix NetScaler CVE-2025-5777 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. This bad boy, dubbed “Citrix Bleed 2,” lets attackers sidestep authentication on Citrix appliances used for VPNs and remote access. Attacks have already kicked off, with IP addresses traced to China, Bulgaria, and the US, targeting crucial American infrastructure and enterprises. If you’re running Citrix NetScaler, CISA’s emergency guidance is to patch immediately—by the end of today. Don’t wait to be the next headline.

Now for the supply chain: Ingram Micro, the global IT distribution giant, is back online after a ransomware attack earlier this week. Fast containment, offline systems, law enforcement notified—the whole playbook. Operations are restored, but the probe into what was accessed or stolen is still ongoing. The event underlines how Chinese or China-backed actors aren’t just zeroing in on defense—they’re after the arteries of commerce and tech supply.

The feds aren’t ignoring agriculture either. The USDA unveiled a new National Farm Security Action Plan to block China from hacking, or even buying, US farmland. The plan strengthens land purchase regulation and boosts cybersecurity across the food supply chain, linking arms with private industry and universities to build what they’re calling an “agro defense workforce.” Because let’s face it, nobody wants Beijing holding the keys to America’s breadbasket.

Alright listeners, that’s the top China hacking drama from the last 24 hours—new exploits, new sectors targeted, and new urgency from the Pentagon and CISA to defend US interests. Update, patch, and partner up, because the dragon in cyberspace isn’t slowing down. Thanks for tuning in to China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. Remember to subscribe, keep those patches up to date, and stay one step ahead of the cyber storm.

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