""There's a good chance this espionage campaign has stolen information from nearly every American," Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant director for the FBI's cyber division, told The Register."
""There's a thought among the public that if you don't work in a sensitive area that the PRC might be interested in for its traditional espionage activities, then you are safe, they will not target you," he said, during a Thursday interview with The Register. "As we have seen from Salt Typhoon, this is no longer an assumption that anyone can afford to make.""
""What the PRC is doing through these proxy actors is really reckless and unbounded, in a way that is significantly outside of the norms of what we see in the espionage space""
The Beijing-backed espionage campaign began at least in 2019 and remained undetected by US authorities for several years. The operation compromised telecommunications networks and hoovered up information belonging to millions of people in the United States. At least 80 countries were affected and around 200 American organizations were compromised, including major carriers such as Verizon and AT&T. US law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and partners from 12 other countries warned the activity extended well beyond nine American telcos and government networks. Three China-based entities were identified as affiliated actors; those companies supply cyber products and services to China's Ministry of State Security and the People's Liberation Army.
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