A major hack of the State and Commerce departments last year, also attributed to Chinese cyberspies, was enabled in part by an outdated signing key that Microsoft failed to secure, according to an ...

In July 2023, US tech giant Microsoft said the China-based hacking group Storm-0558 breached email accounts at about 25 organisations and government agencies. The breached accounts included those ...

China enacted a sweeping National Cybersecurity Law, tightening its control over technology companies operating within its borders.

Flax Typhoon, first outed by Microsoft several months later in an August 2023 report, is another China-backed hacking group, which officials say has operated under the guise of a publicly traded ...

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order that is his final stab at shoring up America’s cyber defenses after a damaging string of cyberattacks on federal networks that US officials ...

Experts welcome economic sanctions against gang believed to be behind telecom hacks, but warn tougher action is needed.

The timelines for implementation laid out by the order seem “arbitrary,” he said, given the immediacy of the threats from China ... officials in May of 2023, Microsoft said at the time.

Since then, another new China-backed hacking group called “Salt Typhoon ... to mobilize,” according to the then-FBI director. Microsoft first identified Volt Typhoon in May 2023, finding ...