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Busted! China's Cyber Spies Infiltrate US Backbone in Stealth Attacks

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 This is your Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch podcast.

Hey cyber sleuths, Ting here for your weekly download on all things China and cyber. Let’s zip straight into the thick of it—because if you haven’t noticed, Beijing’s cyberspace playbook is evolving faster than my VPN can keep up. This week, the U.S. faced another round from China’s heavy hitters, Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon, and the tactics are anything but old school.

Let’s start with the big breach: Salt Typhoon reportedly wormed its way into the backbone of US broadband—think Verizon, AT&T, Lumen Technologies. This wasn’t just about swiping your grandma’s Netflix password. These hackers may have accessed sensitive networks used for federal court-authorized wiretaps, which could potentially expose how U.S. law enforcement monitors communications. And for months, Salt Typhoon’s operatives moved through infrastructure handling huge swaths of internet traffic, fishing for intel while barely leaving a ripple. Chinese officials, of course, claim ignorance and accuse Washington of “framing” them, but nobody’s buying those fortune cookies lately.

Zooming out, strategic intent is crystal clear. The Chinese Communist Party is not just poking at economic interests—they’re directly undermining critical infrastructure. Recent operations have targeted the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and even the Secretary’s office itself, clearly retaliation for sanctions on Chinese companies. These aren’t just isolated attacks; they’re part of a coordinated effort to surveil, disrupt military supply lines, and weaken U.S. readiness for any Pacific dust-up—especially as Taiwan remains a flashpoint.

What’s new on the technical front? Attackers are stacking zero-day exploits alongside living-off-the-land techniques, allowing them to quietly dwell undetected—take Volt Typhoon’s 300-day staycation inside the US electric grid last year. This isn’t brute-force or smash-and-grab hacking—it’s stealth, persistence, and an appetite for long-term access across communications, utilities, manufacturing, even maritime and transportation sectors.

How’s Washington responding? The legislative gears are grinding faster. House Republicans dusted off and reintroduced the Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act, aiming to amp up resources and authority for the feds to outpace Beijing’s cyber game. Security agencies are doubling down on threat modeling, segmenting networks, enforcing strict patch cycles, and mandating cyber hygiene at every level.

What should defenders do now, tactically and strategically? In the short term: hunt for anomalous traffic, audit privileged access, and beef up endpoint detection. Strategically, critical infrastructure operators must assume persistent compromise and plan for resilient operations. Every org needs a rapid incident response plan, regular red teaming, and close coordination with CISA and sector-specific ISACs.

Bottom line—this week’s barrage hammers home that cyber defense isn't a technical problem alone; it's a national security imperative. Stay curious, stay cautious, and—seriously—patch everything. This is Ting, signing off until the next byte.

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