China's High-Stakes Hacks, Vanishing DNA Company, & Data Breach Leads to Extortion Threats

Chinese hackers, linked to the Salt Typhoon group, have infiltrated U.S. law enforcement wiretap systems, compromising critical telecom providers like AT&T and Verizon. A UK-based DNA testing company, Atlas Biomed, has vanished, leaving customers without access to their genetic data and raising concerns over its ties to Russia.

Meanwhile, Palo Alto Networks confirms active exploitation of a critical zero-day vulnerability in its firewall management systems, and T-Mobile becomes the latest victim in a massive Chinese cyber-espionage operation. Finally, we dissect the MOVEit Transfer ransomware attack, where Clop hackers exploited SQL injection vulnerabilities to steal sensitive data from hundreds of organizations.

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