This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast.

I’m Ting, your favorite tech-savvy, cyber-expert sidekick, and if you were hoping for a zen week in American cybersecurity… well, sorry to disappoint! Let’s crack open “Dragon’s Code: America Under Cyber Siege,” because this was a week straight out of a cyber-thriller—starring China’s top digital warriors.

The big players? Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon, two Chinese state-sponsored hacker groups with a penchant for drama and an appetite for critical infrastructure disruption. Let’s talk tactics. These groups went after the backbone of American everyday life: communications, data centers, and even government agencies. We’re not talking “change your password” level snooping here—they were deep inside networks, quietly monitoring, collecting, and, when they felt frisky, seizing access points that could paralyze whole sectors at a moment’s notice.

This week alone, investigations revealed that Salt Typhoon embedded itself within major telecom networks—Comcast and Digital Realty both landed in the crosshairs. Think about it: if you streamed, texted, or made a call, there’s a good chance Chinese operatives could have observed that data in real time! These cyber intruders accessed “lawful intercept” systems—the parts of networks designed to comply with legal surveillance requests. Instead of helping law enforcement, these backdoors turned into open doors for espionage and sabotage. Even high-level government figures like President Trump and Vice President JD Vance weren’t spared; their calls and texts were targets in these sophisticated hacks.

Now, how do we know it was Beijing behind the keyboard? Multiple agencies point to the attack methodologies: signature malware with unique Chinese coding fingerprints, lateral movement that mirrors previous Volt Typhoon operations, and infrastructure links traced right back to China. Hanselman, a top security analyst, bluntly summed it up: these attackers “already have sufficient access into internet infrastructure” and are expanding their reach deeper into datacenters.

As for defense, it’s been an all-hands-on-deck scramble. Companies claimed they’d booted out Salt Typhoon, but Senator Josh Hawley let the cat out of the bag in a Senate hearing—they’re still lurking inside, biding time, watching. In Congress, Chairman Moolenaar called for immediate action, re-introducing the Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act to give agencies more tools and teeth. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, in a budget hearing blitz, admitted these are “the most sophisticated and sustained hacking operations we have ever seen.” The gap? Half a million unfilled cybersecurity jobs, leaving gaping holes in the digital fence.

What did we learn? First, critical infrastructure is now fair game in global power struggles. Second, defense isn’t just tech—it’s people. If you’ve got cyber skills and a hero complex, your country needs you. Until next time, keep your systems patched and your firewalls feisty—because Dragon’s Code is still being written, one zero-day at a time.

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