Important Takeaways:
- A cyberattack perpetrated by Chinese state-backed actors and revealed in October was one of the largest and most significant in U.S. history, according to the top Senate intelligence leader.
- Mark Warner (D-Va.), who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, told The Epoch Times that the hack conducted by the Salt Typhoon threat group was “unprecedented in its size and scope.”
- “I think it will go down as maybe one of the most significant cyberattacks we’ve faced in our country,” Warner said on Nov. 4.
- Salt Typhoon’s cyberattack is believed to have compromised numerous major telecommunications networks, including those of AT&T, CenturyLink, and Verizon. The attack targeted companies and individuals, including former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
- Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), said during an episode of the “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast on Oct. 31 that his phone was compromised by the attack.
- …the attack was long ongoing and appeared to be conducted for espionage purposes, raising questions about the risk posed by the United States’ lax cybersecurity standards for telecommunications infrastructure.
- The breach is just one part of the Chinese communist regime’s sweeping effort to infiltrate and destabilize U.S. systems and evidence that the United States is failing to defend its systems from foreign interference.
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Important Takeaways:
- American Water became informed of “unauthorized activity” in its computer networks and systems Thursday, the company said in a press release.
- The New Jersey-based company later determined the activity was due to a cybersecurity incident” prompting it to disconnect or deactivate certain systems. This included shutting down the company’s portal used to bill customers, while its call center has “limited functionality.”
- The company said it is “working diligently” to get the disconnected systems back online while noting the third-party investigation by cybersecurity professionals could take some time.
- American Water, which serves an estimated 14 million people in 14 states, said it also notified law enforcement and is cooperating with the investigation.
- The utility company’s water or wastewater facilities and operations are not believed to have been negatively affected by the cybersecurity attack, and the water remains safe to drink, according to the company.
- The company manages an estimated 540 groundwater treatment plants in about 1,700 U.S. communities across 14 states including California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
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Important Takeaways:
- Russia will face consequences for a cyberattack allegedly orchestrated by a group with ties to its military intelligence, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Friday.
- Germany has been among the Western nations providing Ukraine military support in its war with Russia
- In January 2023, Berlin said Russian activist hackers knocked several German websites offline in response to its decision to send tanks to Ukraine, although with little tangible effect.
- “We can now clearly attribute last year’s attack to the Russian group APT28, which is controlled by the Russian military intelligence service GRU”
- “In other words, Russian state hackers have attacked Germany in cyberspace,” added Baerbock, who is visiting Australia to meet counterpart Penny Wong. “This is completely unacceptable and will not remain without consequences.”
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Taiwan’s presidential office website hit by cyber-attack as US and China tensions rise
- The website of Taiwan’s presidential office has been hit by an overseas cyber attack ahead of a US diplomatic visit to the self-ruled island.
- The website was shortly brought back online, it emerged.
- In a show of strength this morning, Chinese warplanes soared close to Taiwan’s maritime border, with the US Navy deploying four warships to the Taiwan Strait moments later
- Support for Taiwan among Congress is high, so China will view Pelosi’s visit with concern.
- Further complicating matters is the independence of the US Congress from the White House. Pelosi’s visit is not on the orders of Biden, who has said “the military thinks [the trip is] not a good idea.”
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Matthew 5:10 ““Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Important Takeaways:
- IDF stopped hackers from hitting US power plants – Unit 8200 official
- This is the first time a current Unit 8200 official discussed such sensitive cyber intelligence sharing in public.
- U. recalled that an “adversary [Iran] attacked water facilities in Israel. We saw this attacker attempting to poison the water in an attempt to claim human lives. We mitigated that threat far ahead.
- “Another adversary attacked Israel [and in the process of stopping the cyberattack,] we also found that they were attempting to target US power plants as well,” he said. “This was the first indication of this attack. It enabled preventing this threat through tight collaboration with our fantastic American partners.”
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Revelations 6:8 “And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.”
Important Takeaways:
- Threat looms of Russian attack on undersea cables to shut down West’s internet
- “Based on evolving intelligence, Russia might be planning a cyberattack against us,” Biden said at a press conference on March 21. “The magnitude of Russia’s cyber capacity is fairly consequential and it’s coming.”
- One of the scenarios that has been mooted since the start of the war in Ukraine is that Moscow will attack undersea cables to cut off the Western world’s internet.
- Biden urged American companies to “lock their digital doors” as quickly as possible to protect themselves. The fear is that “unprecedented cost inflicted on Russia” by all the latest international sanctions could push Russian President Vladimir Putin to retaliate by directly attacking NATO countries using cyber weapons, Biden said.
- If the hypothesis of a Russian attack against these infrastructures is worrying, it is because “Russia has been spotted doing naval research or exercises close to places where the cables are located”, said Bueger. Russian ships have carried out exercises near Ireland and Norway, where several submarine cables run linking Europe to the United States.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “ when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- White House warns Russia prepping possible cyberattacks against US
- The White House on Monday urged private companies to bolster their cyber defenses, citing evolving intelligence suggesting the Russian government is exploring “options for potential cyberattacks” targeting U.S. critical infrastructure.
- The administration has warned in recent weeks that Russia could look to target infrastructure in the U.S. or elsewhere with cyberattacks, but officials previously said there were no specific or credible threats against the U.S.
- Neuberger would not say Monday which specific critical infrastructure sectors could be targeted. Critical infrastructure encompasses a range of sectors, including water, energy, health care, and financial services.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “ when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Russian cyberattacks have been well-tested on US targets, security executive says
- Russia already has a proven ability to infiltrate U.S. systems
- “They’ve demonstrated that they’ve been able to go into our core infrastructure, be it SolarWinds in technology, be it Colonial Pipeline in energy, across the board we have evidence of their capability,” the executive told Fox News
- “There are cyberattacks that would be hard to distinguish between a physical attacks and therein lies great dangers for the escalation of conflict,” said Kelly.
- “It’s hard to imagine a piece of infrastructure that is either not a target or connected to a target”
- Last year cybercriminals also shut down a U.S.-based meat plant operated by Brazil-based JBS. The White House said the criminal group was likely based in Russia.
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Important Takeaways:
- Cyberattack Temporarily Shuts Down Israeli Government Websites
- Users were unable to access websites using the GOV.IL domain, including websites for the health, interior, justice, and welfare ministries, as well as the Prime Minister’s Office. All the websites have since been restored.
- Israel’s cyber authority said the attack was a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, which floods websites with traffic from multiple sources to interrupt service.
- The directorate has declared a state of emergency to study the extent of the attack’s damage.
- Israeli officials did not immediately name who was responsible for the cyberattack, but Israeli media quickly blamed Iran, which has been engaged in a shadow cyberwar with Israel for years.
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Matthew 24:6 “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.”
Important Takeaways:
- Cyberattacks knock out sites of Ukrainian army, major banks
- At least 10 Ukrainian websites were unreachable due to the attacks, including the defense, foreign and culture ministries and Ukraine’s two largest state banks. In such attacks, websites are barraged with a flood of junk data packets, rendering them unreachable.
- Among the attackers’ targets was the hosting provider for Ukraine’s army and Privatbank, said Doug Madory, director of internet analysis at the network management firm Kentik Inc.
- It was too early to say who was behind the attack, he added.
- The cyber aggression is nevertheless typical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who likes to try to keep his adversaries off balance.
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