Chinese hackers involved in the Volt Typhoon attack spent over a year inside the networks of a major utility company in Littleton, Massachusetts.
In a report published last week, Dragos, an operational technology (OT) cybersecurity firm, described their work assisting the Littleton Electric Light & Water Department in dealing with what was determined to be part of a larger effort by China’s government to preposition their attackers within U.S. critical infrastructure, with the ultimate goal believed to be destructive action taken in the event of a conflict.
US law enforcement claims the gang has infiltrated a number of vital infrastructure organisations in the United States, as well as Guam. According to Dragos, the Massachusetts utility found its systems had been compromised soon before Thanksgiving in 2023.
David Ketchen, the utility’s assistant general manager, received a phone call from the FBI on a Friday afternoon informing him of a possible compromise. On the following Monday, FBI agents and representatives from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA
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