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 This is your Red Alert: China's Daily Cyber Moves podcast.

Red alert, cyber-nerds: it’s Ting with your July 1, 2025 download, and trust me, the past few days have been digital whiplash. If you’re just tuning in, China-linked groups like Salt Typhoon have gone full throttle against US targets—think telecom, critical infrastructure, and, yes, the backbone of your Netflix binge. Here’s the play-by-play, minus the boring bits.

Saturday, June 28: CISA and FBI emergency alert. Not your average weather update: forensic teams traced Salt Typhoon leveraging the infamous CVE-2023-20198 Cisco IOS XE exploit. Digital Realty—a giant among data centers—blipped on the radar, and Comcast, America’s favorite internet provider, joined the “likely compromised” club. Salt Typhoon’s signature? GRE tunnels: sneaky digital pipelines to siphon data undetected. One compromised device, and they’re collecting or rerouting network traffic like cyber-hoarders.

Sunday, June 29: Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, in tandem with the FBI, dropped a second advisory. Turns out, Salt Typhoon hit Canadian telecom—no names, but the north remembers. Modified config files, unauthorized tunnels, and reconnaissance galore. Spoiler: if they’re in Canada, you can bet US systems are open season. Analysts warned, “If these actors are just mapping, they’re prepping for a bigger play.” Picture hackers securing footholds for future disruptions, not just peeking for fun.

Monday, June 30: Public hearings. Senator Josh Hawley grilled officials over Salt Typhoon’s persistence inside US telecom. Companies had declared the all-clear, but experts—including Hanselman, top dog in threat analysis—stated plainly: “Salt Typhoon is still inside. They’re not gone.”

My analysis? China isn’t playing short-term games. The ODNI’s 2025 Threat Assessment says the PRC’s cyber campaigns are all about pre-positioning: slip into infrastructure now, pull the trigger if conflict heats up. This week’s hits show a persistent, well-funded strategy. Think Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon—whatever the flavor, the tactics are the same: quietly burrow in, collect data, and wait for the right moment to cause chaos or influence US decision-making.

Immediate defensive moves:
- Patch all exposed Cisco IOS XE devices (especially CVE-2023-20198).
- Monitor for GRE tunnels and suspicious config changes on edge network devices.
- Assume persistence—even if you “clean up,” advanced actors often leave backdoors for later.

Potential escalation? If the US and China tangle over Taiwan, expect Salt Typhoon and kin to go from snooping to sabotage—crippling infrastructure, scrambling communications, sowing panic. Today, it’s reconnaissance. Tomorrow, it could be blackouts or worse.

Stay patched, stay paranoid, and maybe double-check your router. This is Ting, signing out—catch you on the next breach.

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