Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated U.S. naval infrastructure, secretary of the Navy says
Source: CNBC
Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated U.S. naval infrastructure, secretary of the Navy says
PUBLISHED THU, MAY 25 2023 5:09 PM EDT UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Rohan Goswami
• The U.S. Navy was “impacted” by Chinese state-backed hackers, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro told CNBC on Thursday.
• The infiltration, which targeted infrastructure in the U.S. and Guam, was disclosed Wednesday by Microsoft and by the National Security Agency along other intelligence agencies.
• Critical communications, maritime and transportation infrastructure were compromised, Microsoft warned.
The U.S. Navy has been hit by the Chinese state-sponsored hack that Microsoft
disclosed Wednesday, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan on Thursday.
Del Toro said the U.S. Navy “has been impacted” by the cyberattacks, adding that it was “no surprise that China has been behaving in this manner, not just for the last couple years, but for decades.”
He declined to provide further detail on the incursion but suggested that the Navy had been contending with cyberattacks like this for years.
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