US Disabled Chinese Hacking Network Targeting Critical Infrastructure (reuters.com) 24
The U.S. government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands of internet-connected devices, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing two Western security officials and another person familiar with the matter. From the report: The Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation sought and received legal authorization to remotely disable aspects of the Chinese hacking campaign, the sources told Reuters. The Biden administration has increasingly focused on hacking, not only for fear nation states may try to disrupt the U.S. election in November, but because ransomware wreaked havoc on Corporate America in 2023.
The hacking group at the center of recent activity, Volt Typhoon, has especially alarmed intelligence officials who say it is part of a larger effort to compromise Western critical infrastructure, including naval ports, internet service providers and utilities. While the Volt Typhoon campaign initially came to light in May 2023, the hackers expanded the scope of their operations late last year and changed some of their techniques, according to three people familiar with the matter. The widespread nature of the hacks led to a series of meetings between the White House and private technology industry, including several telecommunications and cloud commuting companies, where the U.S. government asked for assistance in tracking the activity.
The hacking group at the center of recent activity, Volt Typhoon, has especially alarmed intelligence officials who say it is part of a larger effort to compromise Western critical infrastructure, including naval ports, internet service providers and utilities. While the Volt Typhoon campaign initially came to light in May 2023, the hackers expanded the scope of their operations late last year and changed some of their techniques, according to three people familiar with the matter. The widespread nature of the hacks led to a series of meetings between the White House and private technology industry, including several telecommunications and cloud commuting companies, where the U.S. government asked for assistance in tracking the activity.
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What source would you find "acceptable" because that itself may tell us something.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-e... [justice.gov]
https://apnews.com/article/cal... [apnews.com]
Obviously labeled "conspiracy theory"
https://apnews.com/article/chi... [apnews.com]
The problem is reliable sources aren't always reliable, and under no circumstances should the AP put it's own opinions in a news headline.
But hey the big game / Taylor Swift rumor milling is in two weeks, betting lines are available since its in Vegas. Go Sports Ball Team with Red as a team co
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Yes, but where is the cover up by the Biden administration? That's sort of key to the OP's accusation.
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That's the "response". What allowed it to exist in the first place. Don't those things need government permits or something?
Oh wait, those are only require for LEGITIMATE businesses. Illegal Chinese Bio Labs need not apply, just don't get caught or they'll shut you down (to respawn elsewhere)
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That's the "response". What allowed it to exist in the first place. Don't those things need government permits or something?
Correct. According to the articles you linked, the lab needed government approval; it was shut down because it did not have that approval, and the person running the lab, Jia Bei Zhu, was arrested.
I'm not sure what more you want. It certainly doesn't make any case for a "Biden cover up!" as alleged by the OP. If it was covered up, you wouldn't see a press release from the Department of Justice (which you linked) or stories in AP news.
For what it's worth, the lab was apparently making pregnancy tests, HIV
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That's the "response". What allowed it to exist in the first place. Don't those things need government permits or something?
Oh wait, those are only require for LEGITIMATE businesses. Illegal Chinese Bio Labs need not apply, just don't get caught or they'll shut you down (to respawn elsewhere)
You answered your own question. Criminals doing crime and opening an illegitimate business is what allowed it to exist in the first place. Are you trying to say that the Biden administration, or any administration for that matter, should somehow be able to put a stop to crime BEFORE it even happens, or somehow magically know that an illegitimate business has started up without being notified and investigating?
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the Biden administration did absolutely nothing but cover it up when the secret bio-lab was found in Central California. They've covered for China at the CDC as well. So when they say they're looking into this and taking it seriously, they are not.
The "secret bio-lab in Central California" was making pregnancy tests and HIV tests that were not approved by the FDA. Not only was there no "cover up" by the Biden administration, they sent out a press release [justice.gov] when they shut it down and arrested the three people running it.
patch the vulnerabilities! (Score:2)
Re:patch the vulnerabilities! (Score:4, Insightful)
Isn't the better option to plug the vulnerabilities being used (including a prudent disclosure schedule), rather than go on the offensive?
No, the better option is to do both. If there is no consequences for bad actors, they'll just find another way.
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Which vulnerabilities? The ones you know about or the ones you don't know about?
There will always be more vulnerabilities to exploit. No mater how many we patch.
Election hacking (Score:1)
> The Biden administration has increasingly focused on hacking, not only for fear nation states may try to disrupt the U.S. election in November
Why the fuck is any election related hardware on the net?
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Why aren't elections fully auditable?
Why do voter roles contain addresses (of voters) that do not exist or have no dwellings?
Why do we have signature matching system in place that doesn't bother to match signatures?
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Why aren't elections fully auditable?
They are. That's why we save the paper ballots for example, and the paper records created when you vote with a machine.
Why do voter roles contain addresses (of voters) that do not exist or have no dwellings?
Voter rolls can have errors, people can falsely register, people can think they have a right to register when they don't, etc.
Why do we have signature matching system in place that doesn't bother to match signatures?
For the same reason we save all that other information, so that it can be audited if there are credible claims of fraud. When we go looking for voter fraud, we a) find very little [cbsnews.com] and b) the worst of what we find is by Republicans [captimes.com]. Republican politicians shout about
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Election supervisors need to look at Chaum's Verified Voting as a way to do elections "right" and have innate tamper-resistance built into the systerm.
Affirmative Action (Score:2)
I really didn't know the US had that many disabled Chinese hackers, but it's good that they're getting to work if they want to!