The requested documents include files like emails, internal memoranda and other guidance about Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, two hacking groups that sit among a syndicate of Beijing-backed cyber collectives that have made headlines for their intrusions into U.S. critical infrastructure and telecommunications systems over the past several years.
Panel Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn. — alongside cybersecurity subcommittee leader Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., and oversight subcommittee leader Josh Brecheen, R-Okla. — write that the committee is “conducting oversight of the federal response to the malicious cyber campaigns against U.S. critical infrastructure conducted by Volt and Salt Typhoon” and add that “we still know very little about them.”
Volt Typhoon was raised in a high-profile hearing with intelligence and cybersecurity officials around a year ago. Over at least the past five years, the group has burrowed its way into various sets of civilian critical infrastructure around the nation, including ports and power grids. Officials have warned that the unit is surreptitiously embedding malware into infrastructure to enable future disruptions and trigger societal panic, likely to distract the American public if China moves to invade Taiwan.
Salt Typhoon’s operations, which likely occurred for around two years, were discovered around last summer and publicly brought to light in September. ..
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