The FBI’s Brett Leatherman gives the latest ‘Typhoon’ forecast

The discovery that Chinese state-backed hackers had burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure with the aim of causing mass disruption continues to reverberate nearly two years after the hacking group behind the attacks was first publicly disclosed.

Several similar entities have emerged since the group, known as Volt Typhoon, was unveiled by Microsoft and U.S. officials in May 2023. They range from Salt Typhoon, which broke into U.S. telecom firms in a sweeping espionage campaign, to Silk Typhoon, which breached the Treasury Department, to Flax Typhoon, which targeted Taiwan.

For the latest on where U.S. efforts against these groups stand, Recorded Future News sat down with Brett Leatherman, FBI deputy assistant director of cyber operations, at the RSA Conference on Tuesday.

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