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This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast.
I’m Ting, your go-to cyber oracle, reporting from the frontline of America’s fortress—currently under relentless, sophisticated digital siege. If you thought fireworks were only for the Fourth, you missed the cyber pyrotechnics this week unleashed by the infamous Chinese group Salt Typhoon. Let’s pull back the curtain on how this dragon is breathing fire on U.S. infrastructure.
Salt Typhoon’s latest trick? Penetrating the backbone of American internet—Comcast and Digital Realty. These aren’t your average neighborhood ISPs; Comcast touches 51 million broadband customers and Digital Realty is a data center behemoth. According to Matt Hanselman, a senior cyber analyst, the attackers didn’t just break in for a joyride—they sought persistent, deep access, lurking in the digital shadows of the very environments that power U.S. business, government, and your Netflix queue.
Attackers achieved entry using “lawful intercept” systems, ironically the very channels telecoms use when complying with court orders for law enforcement. This gave Salt Typhoon a backdoor not just to metadata, but to call logs, texts, and potentially real-time voice traffic—a goldmine for espionage. Senator Josh Hawley didn’t mince words in a Senate Homeland Security hearing: U.S. leaders, including President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, had calls and texts directly targeted, making this not just an attack on machines, but the highest realms of policy and power.
The big question: Can we prove it’s Beijing? Attribution in cyber war is tricky, but the House China Select Committee and multiple agencies point to repeated TTPs—tactics, techniques, and procedures—unique to Chinese state-backed actors like Salt Typhoon. Their hallmark: patient, stealthy infiltration, targeting not just systems, but the very monitoring tools used to catch them. It’s the digital equivalent of hiding in the police station’s evidence locker.
How did we fight back? U.S. agencies moved quickly to segment affected networks, revoke compromised credentials, and deploy anomaly detection across “lawful intercept” ingress points. Comcast and Digital Realty have instituted aggressive hunting for lingering Salt Typhoon tools, but experts like Hanselman warn: The adversary may still be present, lying in wait for another move.
What’s the lesson from this cyber siege? First, defense isn’t just firewalls and patch notes. It’s knowing your own network intimately—understanding what’s normal, so you can spot what isn’t. Second, the speed of response is critical, but so is transparency. As one government spokesperson said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant, even in cyberspace.” Finally, the U.S. must treat digital infrastructure as national security infrastructure, because our adversaries sure do.
The dragon’s code is written in stealth and patience, but this week proved America’s cyber guardians are decoding the threat in real time. Stay tuned, stay vigilant—Ting out.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
I’m Ting, your go-to cyber oracle, reporting from the frontline of America’s fortress—currently under relentless, sophisticated digital siege. If you thought fireworks were only for the Fourth, you missed the cyber pyrotechnics this week unleashed by the infamous Chinese group Salt Typhoon. Let’s pull back the curtain on how this dragon is breathing fire on U.S. infrastructure.
Salt Typhoon’s latest trick? Penetrating the backbone of American internet—Comcast and Digital Realty. These aren’t your average neighborhood ISPs; Comcast touches 51 million broadband customers and Digital Realty is a data center behemoth. According to Matt Hanselman, a senior cyber analyst, the attackers didn’t just break in for a joyride—they sought persistent, deep access, lurking in the digital shadows of the very environments that power U.S. business, government, and your Netflix queue.
Attackers achieved entry using “lawful intercept” systems, ironically the very channels telecoms use when complying with court orders for law enforcement. This gave Salt Typhoon a backdoor not just to metadata, but to call logs, texts, and potentially real-time voice traffic—a goldmine for espionage. Senator Josh Hawley didn’t mince words in a Senate Homeland Security hearing: U.S. leaders, including President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, had calls and texts directly targeted, making this not just an attack on machines, but the highest realms of policy and power.
The big question: Can we prove it’s Beijing? Attribution in cyber war is tricky, but the House China Select Committee and multiple agencies point to repeated TTPs—tactics, techniques, and procedures—unique to Chinese state-backed actors like Salt Typhoon. Their hallmark: patient, stealthy infiltration, targeting not just systems, but the very monitoring tools used to catch them. It’s the digital equivalent of hiding in the police station’s evidence locker.
How did we fight back? U.S. agencies moved quickly to segment affected networks, revoke compromised credentials, and deploy anomaly detection across “lawful intercept” ingress points. Comcast and Digital Realty have instituted aggressive hunting for lingering Salt Typhoon tools, but experts like Hanselman warn: The adversary may still be present, lying in wait for another move.
What’s the lesson from this cyber siege? First, defense isn’t just firewalls and patch notes. It’s knowing your own network intimately—understanding what’s normal, so you can spot what isn’t. Second, the speed of response is critical, but so is transparency. As one government spokesperson said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant, even in cyberspace.” Finally, the U.S. must treat digital infrastructure as national security infrastructure, because our adversaries sure do.
The dragon’s code is written in stealth and patience, but this week proved America’s cyber guardians are decoding the threat in real time. Stay tuned, stay vigilant—Ting out.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
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By Quiet. PleaseThis is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast.
I’m Ting, your go-to cyber oracle, reporting from the frontline of America’s fortress—currently under relentless, sophisticated digital siege. If you thought fireworks were only for the Fourth, you missed the cyber pyrotechnics this week unleashed by the infamous Chinese group Salt Typhoon. Let’s pull back the curtain on how this dragon is breathing fire on U.S. infrastructure.
Salt Typhoon’s latest trick? Penetrating the backbone of American internet—Comcast and Digital Realty. These aren’t your average neighborhood ISPs; Comcast touches 51 million broadband customers and Digital Realty is a data center behemoth. According to Matt Hanselman, a senior cyber analyst, the attackers didn’t just break in for a joyride—they sought persistent, deep access, lurking in the digital shadows of the very environments that power U.S. business, government, and your Netflix queue.
Attackers achieved entry using “lawful intercept” systems, ironically the very channels telecoms use when complying with court orders for law enforcement. This gave Salt Typhoon a backdoor not just to metadata, but to call logs, texts, and potentially real-time voice traffic—a goldmine for espionage. Senator Josh Hawley didn’t mince words in a Senate Homeland Security hearing: U.S. leaders, including President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, had calls and texts directly targeted, making this not just an attack on machines, but the highest realms of policy and power.
The big question: Can we prove it’s Beijing? Attribution in cyber war is tricky, but the House China Select Committee and multiple agencies point to repeated TTPs—tactics, techniques, and procedures—unique to Chinese state-backed actors like Salt Typhoon. Their hallmark: patient, stealthy infiltration, targeting not just systems, but the very monitoring tools used to catch them. It’s the digital equivalent of hiding in the police station’s evidence locker.
How did we fight back? U.S. agencies moved quickly to segment affected networks, revoke compromised credentials, and deploy anomaly detection across “lawful intercept” ingress points. Comcast and Digital Realty have instituted aggressive hunting for lingering Salt Typhoon tools, but experts like Hanselman warn: The adversary may still be present, lying in wait for another move.
What’s the lesson from this cyber siege? First, defense isn’t just firewalls and patch notes. It’s knowing your own network intimately—understanding what’s normal, so you can spot what isn’t. Second, the speed of response is critical, but so is transparency. As one government spokesperson said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant, even in cyberspace.” Finally, the U.S. must treat digital infrastructure as national security infrastructure, because our adversaries sure do.
The dragon’s code is written in stealth and patience, but this week proved America’s cyber guardians are decoding the threat in real time. Stay tuned, stay vigilant—Ting out.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
I’m Ting, your go-to cyber oracle, reporting from the frontline of America’s fortress—currently under relentless, sophisticated digital siege. If you thought fireworks were only for the Fourth, you missed the cyber pyrotechnics this week unleashed by the infamous Chinese group Salt Typhoon. Let’s pull back the curtain on how this dragon is breathing fire on U.S. infrastructure.
Salt Typhoon’s latest trick? Penetrating the backbone of American internet—Comcast and Digital Realty. These aren’t your average neighborhood ISPs; Comcast touches 51 million broadband customers and Digital Realty is a data center behemoth. According to Matt Hanselman, a senior cyber analyst, the attackers didn’t just break in for a joyride—they sought persistent, deep access, lurking in the digital shadows of the very environments that power U.S. business, government, and your Netflix queue.
Attackers achieved entry using “lawful intercept” systems, ironically the very channels telecoms use when complying with court orders for law enforcement. This gave Salt Typhoon a backdoor not just to metadata, but to call logs, texts, and potentially real-time voice traffic—a goldmine for espionage. Senator Josh Hawley didn’t mince words in a Senate Homeland Security hearing: U.S. leaders, including President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, had calls and texts directly targeted, making this not just an attack on machines, but the highest realms of policy and power.
The big question: Can we prove it’s Beijing? Attribution in cyber war is tricky, but the House China Select Committee and multiple agencies point to repeated TTPs—tactics, techniques, and procedures—unique to Chinese state-backed actors like Salt Typhoon. Their hallmark: patient, stealthy infiltration, targeting not just systems, but the very monitoring tools used to catch them. It’s the digital equivalent of hiding in the police station’s evidence locker.
How did we fight back? U.S. agencies moved quickly to segment affected networks, revoke compromised credentials, and deploy anomaly detection across “lawful intercept” ingress points. Comcast and Digital Realty have instituted aggressive hunting for lingering Salt Typhoon tools, but experts like Hanselman warn: The adversary may still be present, lying in wait for another move.
What’s the lesson from this cyber siege? First, defense isn’t just firewalls and patch notes. It’s knowing your own network intimately—understanding what’s normal, so you can spot what isn’t. Second, the speed of response is critical, but so is transparency. As one government spokesperson said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant, even in cyberspace.” Finally, the U.S. must treat digital infrastructure as national security infrastructure, because our adversaries sure do.
The dragon’s code is written in stealth and patience, but this week proved America’s cyber guardians are decoding the threat in real time. Stay tuned, stay vigilant—Ting out.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta