THE GOVERNMENT cannot be trusted. We must realize this by now. Still, even a broken analog clock is right twice a day, and a digital one, once. What its big warning to us last week was about the C.C.P.. Not Russia, as you might expect, but China, which you wouldn’t under the Biden regime. F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray said last week that China was developing the “ability to physically wreak havoc” on America’s critical infrastructure, calling it “the defining threat of our generation.” (He clearly hasn’t heard of the massive border invasion and subsequent crimes being waged against us.) Wray insists Beijing is awaiting just the right moment to sic its hackers on us.
Apparently, there is a government-sponsored hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon (or elsewhere as Vanguard Panda, Bronze Silhouette, or Insidious Taurus) which had been disclosed by the U.S. and key allies a year ago (who knew?) Microsoft reportedly discovered it and found it targeted a lot—from our telecommunication networks to transportation hubs (who knew2?) Supposedly, Wray asserted, Volt Typhoon succeeded in gaining access to American telecommunications, energy, water, and other vital infrastructure. And allegedly, it has been suspected for five years (who knew3?).
Last year, Microsoft was moderately confident that China was prepared to sabotage U.S. networks in the event of a conflict over Taiwan, meaning it was plausible as well as sourced intel, but uncorroborated. Now it appears China took control of vulnerable routers, modems, virtual private networks, internet-connected security cameras, and other vulnerable digital devices using stolen login credentials in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific to hide its future downstream attacks. To maintain stealth, the threat actor relies largely on “living-off-the-land techniques and hands-on-keyboard activity,” according to ars technica. The group of remotely-controlled systems is called a botnet, and can make attribution difficult.
Beijing denies the accusations, but has a known history of operating cyber-espionage campaigns against the U.S.. American ally the Philippines, has recently ID’d similar hacking, as has the Netherlands, home of the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court at the Hague, and Guam. As for Biden regime, it is gearing up to blame the Chinese for election interference in November (but presumably only if Biden loses to Trump.)
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, CISA, has seemingly located and destroyed Chinese intrusions in multiple critical infrastructure sectors. Meanwhile, advisories from the National Security Agency, CISA, F.B.I., and their Five Eyes’ analogues have been issued, along with best practices to detect such hacks. With southern and northern border breaches in the U.S. by totally unvetted military age men from all over the world, including China, there is reason for alarm. Could the CCP be attempting to wage a war against us from within?
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