Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
US House 45-day stopgap funding bill with no aid for Ukraine gets enough votes.
Armenia quickly denied the allegations of killing an Azerbaijani soldier, saying the claim its forces had opened fire on Azerbaijani positions "does not correspond to reality".
Azerbaijan says a soldier was killed by a sniper on the Armenian border.
White House: The US is monitoring a troubling Serbian military deployment along the border of Kosovo that is causing tensions.
White House: Serbia and Kosovo must fulfill their commitments and avoid taking any provocative steps.
White House spokesperson John Kirby urges Serbia to withdraw its forces from its borders with Kosovo.
Hezbollah condemns terrorist blasts carried out against worshippers in Pakistan.
NATO: Decision to deploy additional forces to address the current situation in Kosovo.
Al Mayadeen correspondent reports more than 50 people were injured when a bomb exploded in the Mastung area of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.
Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib: The assassinations were scheduled to be carried out on Saturday with the aim of stirring up national and sectarian strifes in the country

US intel searching for Chinese 'malicious spyware' on army bases: NYT

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: The New York Times
  • 30 Jul 2023 19:17
  • x

The NYT alleges that the code has already been implemented in networks required for military base operations in the US and around the world. 

  • on Jan. 17, 2011, a Secret Service agent guards his post on the roof of the White House as a lamp post is adorned with Chinese and U.S. national flags in Washington, DC, US (AFP)
    On Jan. 17, 2011, a Secret Service agent guards his post on the roof of the White House as a lamp post is adorned with Chinese and US national flags in Washington, DC, US (AFP)

Citing US officials, The New York Times reported that US intel is searching for a malicious computer code that they claim China created to target US military base infrastructure in the event of a conflict, including the one near Taiwan.

The NYT alleged that the code has already been implemented in networks managing power grids, communication lines, and water deliveries required for military base operations in the US and around the world. 

A US official claims that the code is "a ticking time bomb," since it could attack infrastructure and interrupt US military operations, allegedly including US civil infrastructure as well.

Back in March, US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly announced that the US considered China as its biggest cybersecurity threat, adding that it could be working to build up its cyber capabilities to threaten infrastructure.  

Related News

Factcheck: 'China's military isn't going global'

Musk slowing down traffic on X to websites for NYT, FB and competitors

Read next: Cuba slams reports of China 'spy' facility: 'Often US fabrications'

US-based Microsoft issued a warning in May that it was moderately confident that the allegedly Chinese-attributed cyber actor Volt Typhoon was developing capacities to potentially disrupt critical communications between the US and Asia in the event of a crisis.

However, in February, it was reported that the US Army had employed various aircraft to spy on China after disguising them as civilian aerial devices, according to reports by the Global Times. 

Citing a Chinese technology and intelligence company called MizarVision, the report stated that the US had used all sorts of spying aerial devices, some of which it disguised as civilian aircraft, including balloons, to conduct its spying operations. 

Some of the aircraft that are frequently deployed to carry out reconnaissance missions include the EP-3E electronic signals reconnaissance plane, the P-8A maritime patrol and reconnaissance plane, the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, the E-8C airborne command and control plane, and the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance plane, MizarVision told the Global Times. 

  • New York Times
  • computer code
  • US
  • Jen Easterly
  • spyware
  • China

Most Read

Russia destroyed leopard tank in Ukraine with fully-German crew

Russia destroyed leopard tank in Ukraine with fully-German crew

  • Europe
  • 23 Sep 2023
Blinken’s ‘Variable Geometry’ for a New Cold War

Blinken’s ‘Variable Geometry’ for a New Cold War

  • Analysis
  • 24 Sep 2023
BBC from the front lines in Ukraine: It's bad, counteroffensive failed

BBC from the front lines in Ukraine: It's bad, counteroffensive failed

  • Europe
  • 28 Sep 2023
Zelensky joins Canadian Parliament’s ovation to WWII Nazi soldier

Zelensky joins Canadian Parliament’s ovation to WWII Nazi soldier

  • US & Canada
  • 25 Sep 2023

Coverage

All
Morocco & Libya Disasters

Read Next

All
US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Europe

'Not 1 more cent': Americans are done with funding Ukraine's paychecks

baykar
MENA

Baykar to invest $100mln in three Ukrainian projects, CEO says

The new Iranian destroyer Sahand sails in Gulf waters, in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on December 1, 2018 (Iranian Army via AP)
MENA

Iran navy commander unveils plans for Antarctic permanent presence

The Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, as the government teeters on the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight unless Congress can reach an agreement on funding. (AP)
US & Canada

US government hours from shutdown, funding chaos

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS