Security News > 2025 > March > Feds name and charge alleged Silk Typhoon spies behind years of China-on-US attacks
2025-03-06 00:47
Xi's freelance infosec warriors apparently paid up to $75K to crack a single American inbox US government agencies announced Wednesday criminal charges against alleged members of China's Silk Typhoon gang, plus internet domain seizures linked to a long-term Chinese espionage campaign that saw Beijing hire miscreants to compromise US government agencies and other major orgs.…
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