During a Wednesday press briefing, the White House official told reporters that these breaches include a total of eight telecom firms in the United States, with only four previously known.

While these attacks have been underway for “likely one to two years, “at this time, we don’t believe any classified communications have been compromised,” Neuberger added, as the Journal first reported.

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Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/white-house-salt-typhoon-hacked-telcos-in-dozens-of-countries/

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All of Britain’s armed forces servicemen and women, including active members as well as reservists and veterans, amounting to an estimated 270,000 people may have been compromised in a hack of the Ministry of Defence’s payroll.

The MoD has established a crisis response unit over the past three days after the suspected hack. Although the government has yet to formally accuse Communist China, multiple media outlets, including Sky News, have cited government sources claiming that Beijing is believed to be behind the cyberattack.

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Source: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/05/07/uk-ministry-of-defence-hacked-by-china-over-quarter-million-armed-service-members-impacted-reports/

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The chief of the FBI is warning that China already has “burrowed” into critical infrastructure in the United States and now is just waiting for “the right moment to deal a devastating blow.”

The FBI’s Christopher Wray said in a Reuters report that an ongoing hacking campaign, known already as Volt Typhoon, has gained access to American telecommunications, energy, water and other companies, including pipeline operators.

Wray charged China is assembling the “ability to physically wreak havoc on our critical infrastructure at a time of its choosing. … Its plan is to land low blows against civilian infrastructure to try to induce panic.”

The report explained, “Wray said it was difficult to determine the intent of this cyber pre-positioning which was aligned with China’s broader intent to deter the U.S. from defending Taiwan.”

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Source: https://www.wnd.com/2024/04/wray-warns-china-getting-positioned-attack-american-infrastructure/

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The United States detected a breach of federal government accounts “fairly rapidly” and managed to prevent further breaches, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” program.

The U.S. State and Commerce Departments said in statements that they were among the affected agencies.

The email accounts of Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Department of State officials were also hacked, The Washington Post reported, citing U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

Raimondo is the only known Cabinet-level official to have their account breached in the incident.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-hackers-accessed-government-emails-microsoft-says-2023-07-12/

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