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This is your Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch podcast.
Hey everyone, Ting here, coming at you with this week's Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch. The digital battlefield between the US and China has been heating up faster than my overclocked gaming rig!
So what's been cooking in the cyber realm this past week? Well, those Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon operations we've been tracking since early 2025 are still making waves. Just last month, the Justice Department dropped a bombshell, charging 12 Chinese contract hackers and law enforcement officers with orchestrating "indiscriminate and reckless attacks" against US networks. Talk about turning up the heat!
Meanwhile, over on Capitol Hill, House Republicans led by Chairman Moolenaar reintroduced the Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act. This legislation aims to beef up our defenses against the CCP's increasingly aggressive cyber campaigns targeting critical infrastructure. After a House Homeland Security Committee hearing last month, experts warned that Beijing isn't just looking to spy – they want to eventually control these systems. Not exactly comforting bedtime reading, folks!
Here's where things get spicy: according to a Wall Street Journal report from April, Chinese officials actually admitted to conducting the Volt Typhoon attacks during a secret Geneva meeting last December! American officials were shocked by this admission, which suggested these attacks were a warning to the US about supporting Taiwan. The hackers managed to lurk in our electric grid for a whopping 300 days in 2023, targeting communications, manufacturing, utilities, and more.
The trade tensions aren't helping either. Security experts like Tom Kellermann have warned that Trump's tariffs could trigger retaliatory cyberattacks from Beijing. As Kellermann put it, "Cyber is and will be the modern instrument of choice" in this economic tug-of-war.
Perhaps most concerning is the Treasury Department breach from early December. This state-sponsored attack targeted OFAC and the Office of the Treasury Secretary – the very entities that sanctioned Chinese companies for cyberattacks and supplying weapons to Russia last year. Talk about holding a grudge!
For those defending networks, my advice: patch aggressively, implement zero-trust architectures, and watch for living-off-the-land techniques favored by these threat actors. Also, keep an eye on Taiwan-related triggers – they're seeing nearly 2.4 million attacks daily as Beijing's dress rehearsal.
That's all for this week's Beijing Watch! Remember, in cyberspace, paranoia isn't just healthy – it's practically a job requirement. This is Ting, signing off until next week. Stay vigilant, stay patched!
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
Hey everyone, Ting here, coming at you with this week's Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch. The digital battlefield between the US and China has been heating up faster than my overclocked gaming rig!
So what's been cooking in the cyber realm this past week? Well, those Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon operations we've been tracking since early 2025 are still making waves. Just last month, the Justice Department dropped a bombshell, charging 12 Chinese contract hackers and law enforcement officers with orchestrating "indiscriminate and reckless attacks" against US networks. Talk about turning up the heat!
Meanwhile, over on Capitol Hill, House Republicans led by Chairman Moolenaar reintroduced the Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act. This legislation aims to beef up our defenses against the CCP's increasingly aggressive cyber campaigns targeting critical infrastructure. After a House Homeland Security Committee hearing last month, experts warned that Beijing isn't just looking to spy – they want to eventually control these systems. Not exactly comforting bedtime reading, folks!
Here's where things get spicy: according to a Wall Street Journal report from April, Chinese officials actually admitted to conducting the Volt Typhoon attacks during a secret Geneva meeting last December! American officials were shocked by this admission, which suggested these attacks were a warning to the US about supporting Taiwan. The hackers managed to lurk in our electric grid for a whopping 300 days in 2023, targeting communications, manufacturing, utilities, and more.
The trade tensions aren't helping either. Security experts like Tom Kellermann have warned that Trump's tariffs could trigger retaliatory cyberattacks from Beijing. As Kellermann put it, "Cyber is and will be the modern instrument of choice" in this economic tug-of-war.
Perhaps most concerning is the Treasury Department breach from early December. This state-sponsored attack targeted OFAC and the Office of the Treasury Secretary – the very entities that sanctioned Chinese companies for cyberattacks and supplying weapons to Russia last year. Talk about holding a grudge!
For those defending networks, my advice: patch aggressively, implement zero-trust architectures, and watch for living-off-the-land techniques favored by these threat actors. Also, keep an eye on Taiwan-related triggers – they're seeing nearly 2.4 million attacks daily as Beijing's dress rehearsal.
That's all for this week's Beijing Watch! Remember, in cyberspace, paranoia isn't just healthy – it's practically a job requirement. This is Ting, signing off until next week. Stay vigilant, stay patched!
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
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By Quiet. PleaseThis is your Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch podcast.
Hey everyone, Ting here, coming at you with this week's Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch. The digital battlefield between the US and China has been heating up faster than my overclocked gaming rig!
So what's been cooking in the cyber realm this past week? Well, those Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon operations we've been tracking since early 2025 are still making waves. Just last month, the Justice Department dropped a bombshell, charging 12 Chinese contract hackers and law enforcement officers with orchestrating "indiscriminate and reckless attacks" against US networks. Talk about turning up the heat!
Meanwhile, over on Capitol Hill, House Republicans led by Chairman Moolenaar reintroduced the Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act. This legislation aims to beef up our defenses against the CCP's increasingly aggressive cyber campaigns targeting critical infrastructure. After a House Homeland Security Committee hearing last month, experts warned that Beijing isn't just looking to spy – they want to eventually control these systems. Not exactly comforting bedtime reading, folks!
Here's where things get spicy: according to a Wall Street Journal report from April, Chinese officials actually admitted to conducting the Volt Typhoon attacks during a secret Geneva meeting last December! American officials were shocked by this admission, which suggested these attacks were a warning to the US about supporting Taiwan. The hackers managed to lurk in our electric grid for a whopping 300 days in 2023, targeting communications, manufacturing, utilities, and more.
The trade tensions aren't helping either. Security experts like Tom Kellermann have warned that Trump's tariffs could trigger retaliatory cyberattacks from Beijing. As Kellermann put it, "Cyber is and will be the modern instrument of choice" in this economic tug-of-war.
Perhaps most concerning is the Treasury Department breach from early December. This state-sponsored attack targeted OFAC and the Office of the Treasury Secretary – the very entities that sanctioned Chinese companies for cyberattacks and supplying weapons to Russia last year. Talk about holding a grudge!
For those defending networks, my advice: patch aggressively, implement zero-trust architectures, and watch for living-off-the-land techniques favored by these threat actors. Also, keep an eye on Taiwan-related triggers – they're seeing nearly 2.4 million attacks daily as Beijing's dress rehearsal.
That's all for this week's Beijing Watch! Remember, in cyberspace, paranoia isn't just healthy – it's practically a job requirement. This is Ting, signing off until next week. Stay vigilant, stay patched!
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
Hey everyone, Ting here, coming at you with this week's Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch. The digital battlefield between the US and China has been heating up faster than my overclocked gaming rig!
So what's been cooking in the cyber realm this past week? Well, those Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon operations we've been tracking since early 2025 are still making waves. Just last month, the Justice Department dropped a bombshell, charging 12 Chinese contract hackers and law enforcement officers with orchestrating "indiscriminate and reckless attacks" against US networks. Talk about turning up the heat!
Meanwhile, over on Capitol Hill, House Republicans led by Chairman Moolenaar reintroduced the Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act. This legislation aims to beef up our defenses against the CCP's increasingly aggressive cyber campaigns targeting critical infrastructure. After a House Homeland Security Committee hearing last month, experts warned that Beijing isn't just looking to spy – they want to eventually control these systems. Not exactly comforting bedtime reading, folks!
Here's where things get spicy: according to a Wall Street Journal report from April, Chinese officials actually admitted to conducting the Volt Typhoon attacks during a secret Geneva meeting last December! American officials were shocked by this admission, which suggested these attacks were a warning to the US about supporting Taiwan. The hackers managed to lurk in our electric grid for a whopping 300 days in 2023, targeting communications, manufacturing, utilities, and more.
The trade tensions aren't helping either. Security experts like Tom Kellermann have warned that Trump's tariffs could trigger retaliatory cyberattacks from Beijing. As Kellermann put it, "Cyber is and will be the modern instrument of choice" in this economic tug-of-war.
Perhaps most concerning is the Treasury Department breach from early December. This state-sponsored attack targeted OFAC and the Office of the Treasury Secretary – the very entities that sanctioned Chinese companies for cyberattacks and supplying weapons to Russia last year. Talk about holding a grudge!
For those defending networks, my advice: patch aggressively, implement zero-trust architectures, and watch for living-off-the-land techniques favored by these threat actors. Also, keep an eye on Taiwan-related triggers – they're seeing nearly 2.4 million attacks daily as Beijing's dress rehearsal.
That's all for this week's Beijing Watch! Remember, in cyberspace, paranoia isn't just healthy – it's practically a job requirement. This is Ting, signing off until next week. Stay vigilant, stay patched!
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta