Initiatives to better understand Volt Typhoon's goals are also being conducted by CISA.
CISA strategy officer Steve Casapulla said the U.S. is still evaluating the impact of Chinese state-backed threat operation Volt Typhoon's infiltration of critical infrastructure networks.
According to CyberScoop, initiatives to better understand Volt Typhoon's goals with the intrusions against U.S. critical infrastructure, as well as identify threat mitigation measures, are also being conducted by CISA, said Casapulla.
"[Volt Typhoon] can just shut down a database and limit our ability to track cargo that moves on and off of ships, effectively shutting down the ports and the entire transportation system that way. Those are the kind of second-, third-order effects that I also worry about," Casapulla added.
Volt Typhoon's potentially destructive effect was previously noted by Sean Caincross, who was nominated by President Donald Trump.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
