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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – A lot the Pirates State-sponsored China would launch major attacks against key US organizations. This has been revealed by Microsoft based on its new findings.

para the Pirates China is reportedly targeting areas in Guam, which hosts critical US military installations to respond to any conflict in the Asia-Pacific region.

The US National Security Agency (NSA) said it was coordinating with allied nations including Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the UK, as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation the United States. The objective is to identify the violations committed by the group the Pirates emissary from Beijing.

This case is one of the largest known cyber espionage campaigns against US critical infrastructure The GuardianThursday (25/5/2023).

“Persons sponsored by the PRC [Republik Rakyat Tiongkok] living underground, using special networks to evade our defense systems and leaving no trace,” NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce said in a statement.

Such “living underground” spying techniques, he continued, are more difficult to detect because they use capabilities already built into critical infrastructure environments.

The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Microsoft says gang the Pirates China, dubbed the “Volt Typhoon,” has been active since at least 2021 and has targeted a number of industries, including communications, manufacturing, utilities, transportation, construction, navy, government, information technology and education.

Unlike traditional hacking techniques that often trick victims into downloading malicious files, Microsoft says these groups infect victims’ existing systems to find information and extract data.

Analysts assess with “moderate confidence” that China is developing capabilities that could disrupt critical communications infrastructure between the United States and the Asian region in a future crisis.

The Canadian Cyber ​​Security Agency said separately that there have been no reports of victims of the hack in Canada.

“However, the western economy is very interconnected,” he added. “Most of our infrastructure is tightly integrated and an attack on one infrastructure can affect another.”

Britain has also warned against the techniques used by the group the Pirates China in the US network can be applied worldwide.

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