VOLT TYPHOON – SCI & TECH
News: What
is Volt Typhoon, the alleged China-backed hacking group?
What's in the news?
● Microsoft
Corp said in a blog post that Volt Typhoon was “pursuing development of
capabilities that could disrupt critical
communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia region during
future crises".
Volt Typhoon:
● It
is a China backed hacking group.
Key takeaways:
● It
immediately brought to mind escalating
tensions between China and the United States over Taiwan.
● Any
conflict between those two countries would almost certainly involve
cyberattacks across the Pacific.
Intelligence gathering:
● Nearly
every country in the world uses hackers
to gather intelligence.
● Major
powers like the United States and Russia have large stables of such groups –
many of which have been given colourful nicknames by cybersecurity experts,
like “Equation Group” or “Fancy Bear.”