{"id":59262,"date":"2025-08-28T23:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/fbi-cyber-cop-salt-typhoon-pwned-nearly-every-american\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:59:11","slug":"fbi-cyber-cop-salt-typhoon-pwned-nearly-every-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/fbi-cyber-cop-salt-typhoon-pwned-nearly-every-american\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned &#8216;nearly every American&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s Salt Typhoon cyberspies hoovered up information belonging to millions of people in the United States over the course of the years-long intrusion into telecommunications networks, according to a top FBI cyber official.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a good chance this espionage campaign has stolen information from nearly every American,&#8221; Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant director for the FBI&#8217;s cyber division, told <em>The Register<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a thought among the public that if you don&#8217;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,&#8221; he said, during a Thursday interview with <i>The Register<\/i>. &#8220;As we have seen from Salt Typhoon, this is no longer an assumption that anyone can afford to make.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aLF_kjNDlyTUTylQSrSJqwAAAE0&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aLF_kjNDlyTUTylQSrSJqwAAAE0&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The Beijing-backed spying campaign began at least in 2019 but wasn&#8217;t <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/11\/14\/salt_typhoon_hacked_multiple_telecom\/\">uncovered by US authorities<\/a> until last fall. On Wednesday, US law enforcement and intelligence agencies along with those from 12 other countries warned the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/08\/28\/china_salt_typhoon_alert\/\">ongoing espionage activity<\/a> expanded far beyond <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/01\/06\/charter_consolidated_windstream_salt_typhoon\/\">nine American telcos<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/01\/15\/salt_typhoon_us_govt_networks\/\">government networks<\/a>. According to Machtinger, at least 80 countries were hit by the digital intrusions.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aLF_kjNDlyTUTylQSrSJqwAAAE0&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aLF_kjNDlyTUTylQSrSJqwAAAE0&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aLF_kjNDlyTUTylQSrSJqwAAAE0&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aLF_kjNDlyTUTylQSrSJqwAAAE0&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Around 200 American organizations were compromised by the espionage activity, Machtinger said, including the previously disclosed telecommunications firms such as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/12\/30\/att_verizon_confirm_salt_typhoon_breach\/\">Verizon and AT&amp;T<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s joint security alert also pointed the allies&#8217; collective finger at three China-based entities affiliated with Salt Typhoon: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/01\/17\/fcc_telcos_calea\/\">Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology<\/a>, Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong Information Technology, and Sichuan Zhixin Ruijie Network Technology. These companies, and likely others, provide cyber products and services to China&#8217;s Ministry of State Security and People&#8217;s Liberation Army, the governments said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>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<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This is one of the most consequential cyber espionage breaches that we&#8217;ve ever seen in the United States,&#8221; Machtinger said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What this really underscores is that 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,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And that should really set off alarm bells for us \u2014 not only in the United States. The scale of indiscriminate targeting is unlike what we&#8217;ve seen in the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aLF_kjNDlyTUTylQSrSJqwAAAE0&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aLF_kjNDlyTUTylQSrSJqwAAAE0&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>This indiscriminate targeting, as the FBI and White House security officials have previously noted, allowed Beijing\u2019s snoops to geo-locate millions of mobile phone users, monitor their internet traffic, and, in some cases, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/12\/09\/white_house_salt_typhoon\/\">record their phone calls<\/a>. Victims <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/02\/25\/china_hacked_gop_emails\/\">reportedly<\/a> included President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Machtinger declined to confirm whether Trump and Vance were among those surveilled, but did say that victims included more than 100 current and former presidential administration officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we look at the impact on the different sets of victims,&#8221; he said, Salt Typhoon collected &#8220;bulk information from millions of Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aLF_kjNDlyTUTylQSrSJqwAAAE0&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aLF_kjNDlyTUTylQSrSJqwAAAE0&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>For the more targeted group of individuals, &#8220;most of whom are very high-profile, current and former presidential administration officials, and campaign appointees from both major political parties,&#8221; the data collection went much deeper, Machtinger added. &#8220;Down to intercepting actual content.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Salt Typhoon, the feds over the past year have issued warnings about other Chinese cyber operations. These include <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/01\/30\/fbi_china_volt\/\">Volt Typhoon intruders<\/a>, who infected hundreds of outdated routers to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/01\/31\/volt_typhoon_botnet\/\">build a botnet<\/a> and break into US critical infrastructure facilities. The Beijing-backed crew, we would later learn, was prepositioning itself and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/02\/07\/us_chinas_volt_typhoon_attacks\/\">readying destructive cyberattacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another China-linked crew, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/03\/06\/fbi_china_pays_75k_per\/\">Silk Typhoon<\/a> has spent more than a decade compromising IT and cloud providers to steal sensitive data from their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/03\/05\/china_silk_typhoon_update\/\">government, technology<\/a>, education, and legal and professional services customers.<\/p>\n<p>China is not the only source of threats, Machtinger noted. Russia, Iran, North Korea, plus along with home-grown and international cybercriminals and ransomware crooks, assault computers and networks of both individuals and organizations, every day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These actors are going to continue their efforts, and they&#8217;re going to get more sophisticated,&#8221; Machtinger said. &#8220;We need to make sure that we, a nation, are taking cybersecurity seriously, updating systems, removing end-of-life devices, and making it as hard and costly as possible for the myriad of actors that are out there to successfully compromise.&#8221; \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/08\/28\/fbi_cyber_cop_salt_typhoon\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus millions of other people across 80+ countries China&#8217;s Salt Typhoon cyberspies hoovered up information belonging to millions of people in the United States over the course of the years-long intrusion 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