The compromise went on for at least three months.
A network of the U.S. state's Army National Guard was compromised by Chinese state-sponsored threat operation Salt Typhoon between March and December 2024.
According to NBC News, the Department of Defense determined that at least one network was compromised as part of a cyberespionage campaign.
While the National Guard Bureau acknowledged the breach — which was initially known by Property of the People, a national security transparency nonprofit organisation — additional details were not provided.
"...[W]e can say this attack has not prevented the National Guard from accomplishing assigned state or federal missions, and that NGB continues to investigate the intrusion to determine its full scope," said an NGB spokesperson.
Such an attack was not outright denied by China, which only noted the U.S.'s repeated failures to provide adequate evidence attributing Salt Typhoon intrusions to the country.
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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.
