Volt Typhoon targeted emergency management services, per report
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:38 pm
Volt Typhoon, the China-sponsored hacking group that has been the focus of grim warnings from U.S. security agencies, has been targeting satellite and emergency management services in addition to electric utilities, according to a new report.
The industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos’s Tuesday report outlines how the notorious hacking group is positioning themselves to have disruptive or destructive impacts on critical infrastructure in the U.S.
Last month, Dragos observed Volt Typhoon — which Dragos tracks as Voltzite — target a large U.S. city’s emergency management services geographic information system, which is used for emergency dispatch operations like law enforcement or ambulance services and is used to assist in disaster recovery efforts. And in June 2023, Volt Typhoon infiltrated a U.S. emergency management organization, Dragos found. The firm has seen Volt Typhoon target electric utilities, satellite and telecommunications services, and the defense industrial base.
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Volt Typhoon targeted emergency management services, per report
The industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos’s Tuesday report outlines how the notorious hacking group is positioning themselves to have disruptive or destructive impacts on critical infrastructure in the U.S.
Last month, Dragos observed Volt Typhoon — which Dragos tracks as Voltzite — target a large U.S. city’s emergency management services geographic information system, which is used for emergency dispatch operations like law enforcement or ambulance services and is used to assist in disaster recovery efforts. And in June 2023, Volt Typhoon infiltrated a U.S. emergency management organization, Dragos found. The firm has seen Volt Typhoon target electric utilities, satellite and telecommunications services, and the defense industrial base.
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Volt Typhoon targeted emergency management services, per report