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Boston Globe
21-07-2025
- Boston Globe
Florida man died on Mt. Washington after falling off steep, rocky slope, officials said
'There is no indication of how Davis ended up at that location and how far he had traveled over the rocky terrain to get there,' officials said in a news release. 'He was not a hiker, had no map, and every indication is he wandered off the summit without telling anyone where he was going.' Advertisement Davis took a railway to the summit on Wednesday with his wife, officials said, before wandering away from the observation deck around 3:20 p.m. Get N.H. Morning Report A weekday newsletter delivering the N.H. news you need to know right to your inbox. Enter Email Sign Up Fish and Game officials were notified around 6 p.m. of Davis's disappearance, and a State Park employee successfully made phone contact with him, officials said. Davis told the employee he was lost, officials said, but his description of his whereabouts led authorities to believe he was near the summit and would be found easily. Yet after officials searched for him for more than an hour, Davis stopped answering his phone. On Wednesday night, more than 24 rescuers a drone team combed the western side of the summit, officials said, searching off-trail locations until 2 a.m., when fog and wind forced them to suspend the search. Advertisement Several more rescue agencies joined the search the next morning, officials said. Unable to find Davis, and dealing with worsening weather conditions, officials suspended the search at nightfall on Thursday. The search resumed Friday morning, with rescue teams concentrating on the east and south slopes. At approximately 11 a.m., volunteer searchers found Davis's body in an off-trail area between Alpine Garden and Tuckerman Ravine trails, officials said. An Army National Guard Blackhawk Helicopter retrieved the body just before 1 p.m., officials said. 'It was a tragic end to a tough search mission,' officials said. 'The Fish and Game Department would like to thank all the volunteers and staff who worked tirelessly to bring Davis back to his family.' Steve Smith , a hiker and former member of the Pemigewasset Valley Search & Rescue Team, said the area where Davis's body was found is about a quarter mile from the summit. 'It's very steep, rough, and rocky up there,' he said in a text message. Truman Dickerson can be reached at
Time of India
17-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Has China stolen another American defense secret after the F-35 as Salt Typhoon hacks US National Guard for a year?
China faces scrutiny over cyber espionage. A US state's Army National Guard network suffered a breach. The group Salt Typhoon is suspected. Maps and data were stolen. The breach occurred between March and December 2024. Concerns rise about critical infrastructure vulnerability. Beijing denies involvement. The incident raises alarms about cybersecurity. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads What is Salt Typhoon Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads How China allegedly stole F-35 technology for Chengdu J-20 China is once again under scrutiny for cyber espionage, just a year after being accused of stealing F-35 stealth fighter technology through cyber breaches to build its Chengdu J-20. The latest breach surfaced after a Department of Homeland Security memo revealed that a US state's Army National Guard network was thoroughly hacked by a Chinese cyberespionage group nicknamed " Salt Typhoon ."The memo obtained by Property of the People, a national security transparency nonprofit, said the hackers "extensively compromised" the unnamed state Army National Guard's network between March and December 2024 and exfiltrated maps and "data traffic" with counterparts' networks in "every other US state and at least four US territories."The National Guard and the Department of Homeland Security's cyber defense arm, CISA, did not immediately return messages. News of the memo was first reported by NBC Typhoon has emerged as one of the top concerns of American cyber defenders. US officials allege that the hacking group is doing more than just gathering intelligence; it is positioning itself to paralyze US critical infrastructure in the case of a conflict with China. Beijing has repeatedly denied being behind the memo, which said it drew on reporting from the Pentagon, said that Salt Typhoon's success in compromising states' Army National Guard networks nationwide "could undermine local cybersecurity efforts to protect critical infrastructure," in part because such units are often "integrated with state fusion centers responsible for sharing threat information, including cyber threats."According to the internal document obtained by NBC through the national security transparency nonprofit Property of the People via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Salt Typhoon compromised the National Guard, which "likely provided crucial data to Beijing that could facilitate the hacking of other states' Army National Guard units and possibly many of their state-level cybersecurity partners.""If the PRC-associated cyber actors that conducted the hack succeeded in the latter, it could hamstring state-level cybersecurity partners' ability to defend US critical infrastructure against PRC cyber campaigns in the event of a crisis or conflict," the document document further revealed that the yearlong attack, which involved the compromise of a US state Army National Guard's network, collected network configuration and data traffic, as well as "its counterparts' networks in every other US state and at least four US territories, according to a Department of Defense (DOD) report." The breach also included network diagrams and administrator scope of the attack could be beyond bespoke networks into state cyber-defense posture and personal information belonging to state cybersecurity personnel. "Salt Typhoon's success in compromising states' Army National Guard networks nationwide could undermine local cybersecurity efforts to protect critical infrastructure," the document read.'In some 14 states, Army National Guard units are integrated with state fusion centers responsible for sharing threat information, including cyber threats. In at least one state, the local Army National Guard unit directly provides network defense services," it further Typhoon, an advanced persistent threat (APT) linked to the Chinese government, breached the National Guard. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents have revealed that Salt Typhoon is a high-profile cyber-espionage group that has targeted a wide range of victims, mainly in the telecommunications group was found to have breached a number of major telco vendors, such as Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, predominantly through a Cisco vulnerability."In -, Salt Typhoon used its access to a US state's Army National Guard network to exfiltrate administrator credentials, network traffic diagrams, a map of geographic locations throughout the state, and PII of its service members, according to DOD reporting," the document Chinese Chengdu J-20 is suspected of using stolen F-35 technology after cyber breaches hit Lockheed Martin and an Australian defense contractor. The J-20's Electro-Optical Targeting System looks similar to the F-35's, raising concerns that advanced sensor tech was in 2017, the J-20 features airborne early warning and standoff missile launch and now uses a homegrown WS-15 engine that lets it reach speeds near Mach 2. These incidents show why F-35 subcontractors need strong cybersecurity, as some believe parts of the fighter's design were taken during at least one cyber breach.
The Verge
17-07-2025
- Politics
- The Verge
Salt Typhoon hacked the National Guard too.
Salt Typhoon hacked the National Guard too. A Department of Homeland Security memo, obtained by Property of the People through a freedom of information request, reveals the group — suspected to have links to China — 'extensively compromised a U.S. state's Army National Guard network' for nine months last year.
Straits Times
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
US National Guard unit was 'extensively' hacked by Salt Typhoon in 2024, memo says
FILE PHOTO: A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo WASHINGTON - A U.S. state's Army National Guard network was thoroughly hacked by a Chinese cyberespionage group nicknamed "Salt Typhoon," according to a Department of Homeland Security memo. The memo obtained by Property of the People, a national security transparency nonprofit, said the hackers "extensively compromised" the unnamed state Army National Guard's network between March and December 2024 and exfiltrated maps and "data traffic" with counterparts' networks in "every other US state and at least four US territories." The National Guard and the Department of Homeland Security's cyber defense arm, CISA, did not immediately return messages. News of the memo was first reported by NBC News. Salt Typhoon has emerged as one of the top concerns of American cyber defhen Coatesenders. U.S. officials allege that the hacking group is doing more than just gathering intelligence; it is prepositioning itself to paralyze U.S. critical infrastructure in case of a conflict with China. Beijing has repeatedly denied being behind the intrusions. The memo, which said it drew on reporting from the Pentagon, said that Salt Typhoon's success in compromising states' Army National Guard networks nationwide "could undermine local cybersecurity efforts to protect critical infrastructure," in part because such units are often "integrated with state fusion centers responsible for sharing threat information—including cyber threats." REUTERS
NBC News
15-07-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
National Guard hacked by Chinese ‘Salt Typhoon' campaign for nearly a year, DHS memo says
An elite Chinese cyberspy group hacked at least one state's National Guard network for nearly a year, the Department of Defense has found. The hackers, already responsible for one of the most expansive cyberespionage campaigns against the U.S. to date, are alleged to have burrowed even further than previously known, and may have obtained sensitive military or law enforcement information. Authorities are still working to discover the extent of the data accessed. A Department of Homeland Security memo from June, describing the Pentagon's findings, said that the group, publicly known by the nickname Salt Typhoon, 'extensively compromised a U.S. state's Army National Guard network' from March 2024 through December 2024. The memo did not specify which state was affected. The report was provided to NBC News through the national security transparency nonprofit Property of the People, which obtained it through a freedom of information request. The Department of Defense didn't respond to a request for comment. A National Guard Bureau spokesperson confirmed the compromise but declined to share details. 'While we cannot provide specific details on the attack or our response to it, we can say this attack has not prevented the National Guard from accomplishing assigned state or federal missions, and that NGB continues to investigate the intrusion to determine its full scope,' the spokesperson said. A spokesperson for China's embassy in Washington did not deny the campaign but said the U.S. has failed to prove China is behind the Salt Typhoon hacks. 'Cyberattacks are a common threat faced by all countries, China included,' the spokesperson said, adding that the U.S. 'has been unable to produce conclusive and reliable evidence that the 'Salt Typhoon' is linked to the Chinese government.' Salt Typhoon is notorious even by the standards of China's massive cyberspy efforts because of its ability to jump from one organization to another. Last year, U.S. authorities found that it had hacked at least eight of the country's largest internet and phone companies, including AT&T and Verizon, using access to spy on the calls and text messages of both the Harris and Trump presidential campaigns, as well as the office of then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. While part of the Department of Defense, National Guard units are also under the authority of their states; some are deeply integrated with local governments or law enforcement, which may have given the Salt Typhoon hackers the ability to compromise other organizations. The hack 'likely provided Beijing with data that could facilitate the hacking of other states' Army National Guard units, and possibly many of their state-level cybersecurity partners,' the DHS report found. The National Guard in 14 U.S. states work with law enforcement 'fusion centers' to share intelligence, the DHS memo notes. The hackers accessed a map of geographic locations in the targeted state, diagrams of how internal networks are set up, and personal information of service members, it said. In January, the Treasury Department — also a recent target of alleged Chinese hacking — sanctioned a Sichuan company for allegedly helping Beijing's Ministry of State Security conduct Salt Typhoon operations. Salt Typhoon can be pernicious and hard to root out once the hackers take hold. In the AT&T case, the company announced in December that it appeared as if they were no longer being affected and Verizon said in January it had 'contained' the incident. Both companies stopped short of saying they were fully protected from the hackers returning. A report from Cisco said that, in at least one instance, Salt Typhoon hackers remained in an affected environment for up to three years.
