Microsoft warns that China hackers attacked U.S. infrastructure
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Microsoft warned on Wednesday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had compromised "critical" U.S. cyber infrastructure across numerous industries with a focus on gathering intelligence. The organization is apparently working to disrupt "critical communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia," Microsoft said, to stymie efforts during "future crises." Volt Typhoon is able to infiltrate organizations using a unnamed vulnerability in a popular cybersecurity suite called FortiGuard, Microsoft said. In a joint statement with international and domestic intelligence services, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned that Chinese attacks pose a continued risk to American intellectual property. "For years, China has conducted aggressive cyber operations to steal intellectual property and sensitive data from organizations around the globe," CISA director Jen Easterly said in a statement.
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