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What is China’s Volt Typhoon? And How Can It Be Stopped?

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Posted: July 4th, 2023

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – A stealthy Chinese-sponsored hacking group that blends into normal home office networks and has been pursuing efforts to disrupt critical infrastructure between the United States and Asia does not require a hugely sophisticated effort to thwart its malicious activity, a top Microsoft official said.   

“If you just practice good [cyber] hygiene (i.e. fundamental best cybersecurity practices) of password resets … VPNs or multifactor authentication,” explained Microsoft Corporate Vice President Kelly Bissell during a Cyber Initiatives Group Summit last week, “then I think that [you] could be secure.”

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