About this episode

Matt and David discuss the stealthy cybercrime group Salt Typhoon and their recent attacks on the National Guard and telecommunications firm Visat.

After their hidden breach of the National Guard, the cybercrime group was discovered to have targeted a major telecommunications firm named Visat. After their hidden breach of the National Guard, the cybercrime group was found to have attacked a large telecommunications company called Visat. The interesting part—these attacks are not disruptive; Salt Typhoon merely gathers information, hoards credentials and finds vulnerabilities. Because of their stealthy nature, these attacks are only detected after the attackers have already left. To what aim remains to be seen. Matt and David dive into these attacks, and talk about what else is happening in the world of cybercrime.

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Radolec, David Gibson

Topics covered

• cybercrime
• data breaches
• telecommunications
• information security
• vulnerabilities

Keywords

• Salt Typhoon
• cybercrime
• data breaches
• telecommunications
• information gathering

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Guard, Visat

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