U.S.-led coalition accuses three Chinese companies of aiding hacks by domestic intelligence agencies

Thirteen nations, including the U. S., Britain, and Japan, have come together to accuse three Chinese companies of aiding in hacking operations linked to state-backed ￰0￱ unusually broad coalition of nations, led by the United States and joined by allies across Europe and Asia, has publicly accused three Chinese companies of supporting state-linked cyber-espionage ￰1￱ accused Chinese firms of supporting hacking In a 37-page advisory released on Wednesday, officials named Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology, Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong Information Technology, and Sichuan Zhixin Ruijie Network Technology as providers of “cyber-related products and services” to Chinese intelligence ￰2￱ advisory was signed by the ￰3￱ its English-speaking allies in the “Five Eyes” intelligence partnership, which includes Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand.

Germany, Italy, Japan, the Czech Republic, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain also pitched in to the group ￰4￱ is one of the most coordinated international responses to alleged Chinese hacking activity to ￰5￱ the ￰6￱ its allies have often issued joint warnings about cyber threats, the inclusion of several European and Asian governments shows the growing concern over the global impact of such ￰7￱ Juxinhe has already faced sanctions from the ￰8￱ for its reported ties to “Salt Typhoon,” a hacking group accused of siphoning off vast amounts of American telecommunications ￰9￱ to U. S. officials, the unprecedented scale of the intrusion, which included sensitive call records involving senior Washington leadership, is “mind-boggling.” One senator also warned that it could represent “the largest telecommunications hack in our nation’s history.” The other firms implicated in the group statement , Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong and Sichuan Zhixin Ruijie, were also allegedly connected to recent unexplained data leaks.

However, details surrounding those incidents have not been made ￰10￱ global concern over Salt Typhoon In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Wednesday, FBI Deputy Assistant Director Brett Leatherman described Salt Typhoon as “one of the more consequential cyber espionage breaches we have seen here in the United States.” He added that Salt Typhoon had targeted more than 80 countries and shown varying degrees of interest in over 600 ￰11￱ infiltrating telecommunications networks and collecting call data, Salt Typhoon gained access to information about government and corporate targets and the communication patterns of ordinary citizens ￰12￱ has consistently rejected allegations that it directs or sponsors cyber-espionage ￰13￱ past instances, Chinese officials have accused the ￰14￱ its allies of using such politically motivated and hacking allegations to justify sanctions and trade ￰15￱ coalition’s statement did not mention any other course of action beyond the current ￰16￱ against Sichuan ￰17￱ emphasized that the international action is meant to alert governments and private-sector organizations to the risks that such breaches mean for national security, economic competitiveness, and ￰18￱ up to $30,050 in trading rewards when you join Bybit today