Subj : NSA says Volt Typhoon was not successful at persisting in critica
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Date : Wed Jul 16 2025 16:45:07

NSA says Volt Typhoon was not successful at persisting in critical 
infrastructure

Date:
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:44:00 +0000

Description:
The Chinese threat actor wanted to lurk in the shadows but was effectively 
ousted, NSA and FBI claim.

FULL STORY
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seniors spoke at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham 
University in New York City They claim Volt Typhoon wanted to lurk in US 
critical infrastructure in case of war with the US over Taiwan The campaign 
was a failure since the threat actors were removed, NSA says 

Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor which targeted critical 
US infrastructure, failed to achieve its main objective - to maintain 
long-term, invisible persistence on key targets. 

This is according to senior cybersecurity officials from the National 
Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 

Speaking at the recent International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham 
University in New York City, the agents discussed the Typhoon campaign as a 
whole, and confirmed that it was laying groundwork for a potential escalation 
of conflict over Taiwan. No persistence maintained 

The good news is, they really failed. They wanted to persist in domestic 
networks very quietly for a very long time so that if and when they needed to 
disrupt those networks, they could. They were not successful in that 
campaign, said Kristina Walter, director of the NSAs Cybersecurity 
Collaboration Center. 

We, with private sector, with FBI, found them, understood how they were using 
the operating systems, how they're using legitimate credentials to maintain 
persistence, and frankly, we equipped the entire private sector and U.S. 
government to hunt for them and detect them. 

Being able to breach security systems and access critical infrastructure 
should be cause for concern in its own right, though. 

In mid-March 2025, it was reported Volt Typhoon had access to Massachusetts 
Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELWD)s operational 
technology (OT) network for ten months in 2023. The intrusion lasted from 
February to November 2023. 

Before that, in January 2025, Volt Typhoon was allegedly targeting the 
critical infrastructure of small island nation Guam, looking to disrupt and 
sabotage services in the region, reportedly targeting the GPA (Guam Power 
Authority) to wreak havoc on the island, which is home to a large US military 
base. 

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