A Tale of Two Typhoons: Properly Diagnosing Chinese Cyber Threats
How should the United States address the multiple cyber “typhoons” emanating from China? Over the past year, Chinese cyber threat actors have gained access to important U.S. networks. The most high-profile of these are Volt Typhoon, which burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure, potentially to preposition cyber assets in the event of a crisis or conflict with the United States, and Salt Typhoon, which penetrated multiple telecommunications networks to spy on Americans. There are two fundamental problems with the current state of the policy debate. The first is that Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon are fundamentally distinct, but policymakers tend to The post A Tale of Two Typhoons: Properly Diagnosing Chinese Cyber Threats appeared first on War on the Rocks.
How should the United States address the multiple cyber “typhoons” emanating from China? Over the past year, Chinese cyber threat actors have gained access to important U.S. networks. The most high-profile of these are Volt Typhoon, which burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure, potentially to preposition cyber assets in the event of a crisis or conflict with the United States, and Salt Typhoon, which penetrated multiple telecommunications networks to spy on Americans. There are two fundamental problems with the current state of the policy debate. The first is that Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon are fundamentally distinct, but policymakers tend to
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