The agencies, the american security have raised the alarm about the a further large scale attack cyber against the service providers, commercial communications us. The FBI and the Agency's Cyber Security and the safety and Security of the it Infrastructure (CISA) have been identified, in particular, in a series of attacks, which are attributable to the People's Republic of China, which has resulted in the violation of a number of systems in the american media.
As reported by BleepingComputer, the past few weeks, a group known as the Salt Typhoon has compromised the systems of the giants of the telecommunications, such as Verizon, AT&T, and the Lumen Technologies. The investigation revealed that the perpetrators were able to go into the systems of tapping the communications of the management of the companies, on the requirements for the investigation of a legal, however, AS the contact details of the source – preferred to maintain the confidentiality of the maximum to the investigation is ongoing, and without confirming a relationship between the events of the beginning of October, and the announcement jointly issued by CISA.
US warns of the network, the communication is under attack
The government agencies in the united states are working actively together to counter the threat, including coordinate with partners in the industry to improve cyber defense in the pending trade. In a response to the prompt, which resulted in the alarmimin of the company to the effect, and an exchange at the time the information is to protect and defend the objectives of the new as possible. The espionage cyber-also seems to have extended far beyond the borders of the usa, arriving in Canada as well.
As it is stated in a note published at the end, the authorities of canada have also been discovered in the last two months of activities more intensive scan of the network the actors, too, in this case, the connection with the chinese government, with a particular focus on the institutions of government, political parties, the commonwealth, the house of the Municipalities and the Senate. Our operations involve also the infrastructure, is critical of the sector in the canadian defence, the media, and NGOS. While at this time there is a finding of no violation of the actual safety and security, and the authorities are asking for the implementation of preventive measures, including certification by a variety of factors, and training programs against phishing.
The intensification of the activities of the espionage cyber-takes on a particular importance in view of the elections to the next presidential in the united states, for a period of time characterized traditionally by an increase in the operations of the impact of the digital. The response of the co-ordinated by the agencies and security highlights the awareness of the increasing threat posed by the usaid-sponsored by the state and national levels to infrastructure is critical in the west. Therefore, the FBI, and CISA are intended to give a warning to the general, by inviting organizations to suspect that they have been compromised to get in touch with you immediately to the office of the local authority.
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