Fox News reports:
A former FBI official claims that it’s likely every American has been impacted by a Chinese-state-sponsored cyberattack.
International law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and National Security Agency, issued a joint advisory in September warning the public that CCP-sponsored actors are “targeting” many aspects of American lives, including telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging and military infrastructure networks.
The cyberattack wasn’t limited to the U.S. and targeted many countries around the globe, according to the advisory. According to the international agencies, the three Chinese companies believed to be behind Salt Typhoon work for China’s intelligence services, which include units in the People’s Liberation Army and Ministry of State Security.
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Cynthia Kaiser, a former high-ranking official in the FBI’s cyber division, told the New York Times it’s hard to envision a scenario where any American wasn’t impacted by the hack.
“I can’t imagine any American was spared given the breadth of the campaign,” she said.
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