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Volt Typhoon targeted enterprise control planes via ever-changing "Silent Train" relay network

Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored APT group that's focused on cyberespionage and United States' critical infrastructure, has been using a covert, constantly rotating relay network to hide its most sensitive intrusions, Lumen's Black Lotus Labs revealed on Wednesday.

Volt Typhoon targeted enterprise control planes via ever-changing "Silent Train" relay network

This network, dubbed Silent Train by the researchers, consists of chains of compromised SOHO and IoT devices (e.g., TP-Link and Netgear routers) and enterprise systems (e.g., Fortinet and Cisco appliances, PRTG and CyberPanel servers).

Reported by helpnetsecurity.com.

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