CCP-Backed Hacker Group Targeting ‘Critical’ U.S. Infrastructure, Microsoft Warns

CCP-Backed Hacker Group Targeting ‘Critical’ U.S. Infrastructure, Microsoft Warns

A clandestine hacker group financed by the Chinese Communist Party has penetrated U.S. “critical communications infrastructure” to disrupt future communications between America and Asia, according to a shocking report by Microsoft.

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence report published on Wednesday claimed the group, called Volt Typhoon, was “pursuing development of capabilities that could disrupt critical communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia region during future crises.”

Microsoft has uncovered stealthy and targeted malicious activity focused on post-compromise credential access and network system discovery aimed at critical infrastructure organizations in the United States. The attack is carried out…

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