Rapid fire update: Silk Typhoon and DOJ's indictment of twelve Chinese nationals

About this episode

The episode discusses the Silk Typhoon threat actor and the DOJ's indictment of twelve Chinese nationals involved in cyberespionage.

New intelligence: Silk Typhoon, formerly tracked as HAFNIUM, is a China-based threat actor most recently observed targeting IT supply chains in the US. Today, we released a new report in conjunction with the Department of Justice's action against twelve Chinese nationals that includes mercenary hackers, law enforcement officers, and employees of a private hacking company. This group has been charged in connection with global cyberespionage campaigns. Dive into our latest blog for all the details. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Adopting Zero Trust

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• cyberespionage
• threat actors
• IT supply chains
• China
• DOJ

Keywords

• Silk Typhoon
• HAFNIUM
• Department of Justice
• cyberespionage
• China
• IT supply chains
• threat actors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Silk Typhoon, HAFNIUM, Department of Justice, private hacking company

Places: China, US

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