Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege

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Hey listeners, I'm Alexandra Reeves, and welcome to Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege. Picture this: it's been a brutal week here in 2026, with Chinese nexus hackers—those stealthy operators linked to Beijing—ramping up their game against our critical infrastructure. Darktrace's latest threat research drops the bomb: these aren't quick hits anymore; they've evolved into long-term strategic positioning, burrowing deep into US networks like ghosts in the machine.

Just days ago, on March 30th, reports surfaced of sophisticated intrusions hitting power grids in California and Texa...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Buckle up, because this past week, America's been under a dragon's code siege—sophisticated Chinese ops hitting our infrastructure like a zero-day fireworks show. Picture this: I'm hunkered in my digital war room, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the feeds as Beijing's elite hackers, linked to PLA Unit 61398, unleash hell.

It kicked off Monday with Salt Typhoon 2.0, their crown jewel. These wizards used living-off-the-land techniques—think hijacking legit admin tools like Cobalt Strike beac...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacking wizardry. Picture this: it's been a wild week here in 2026, with America staring down the Dragon's Code—a relentless cyber siege straight from Beijing's shadowy hackers, timed perfectly amid the exploding Iran-US war mess. Forget the Iranian pixel pranks; the real sophisticated stings are China's Volt Typhoon crew burrowing deep into US infrastructure like termites in a router factory.

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my Shanghai-inspired digital lair, caffeine-fueled and firewall-deep, unraveling Dragon's Code—the slickest Chinese cyber ops hammering US infrastructure this past week. We're talking March 16 to 23, 2026, and it's a masterclass in stealthy siege warfare.

It kicked off Monday with Volt Typhoon 2.0, that notorious PLA Unit 61398 crew out of Fuzhou, slipping into the US power grid via zero-day exploits in GE Vernova's HMI software. According to Mandiant's fresh alert, th...

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Hey listeners, it's Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos—witty, wired, and way ahead of the firewall. Buckle up, because this past week, Dragon's Code hit America like a zero-day exploit on steroids. Picture this: March 18th, shadowy operatives from China's APT41 crew, those sneaky state-sponsored hackers out of Chengdu, launched a spear-phishing blitz straight at the heart of US power grids. They masqueraded as legit updates from Siemens software, slipping in custom malware that wormed into SCADA systems controlling substations from California to...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos, and buckle up because this week's been a digital dumpster fire with Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege hitting fever pitch. Picture this: while Iran's lobbing missiles under Operation Epic Fury, China's hackers are slinking through our grids like ghosts in the machine, exploiting the distraction like pros.

Flash to Monday—PLA Unit 61398, those Shanghai-based bad boys, kicked off with spear-phishing barrages at West Coast power utilities, mimicking legit CISA alerts to drop Co...

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Hey listeners, it's Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, screens flickering with the latest intel on Dragon's Code—America under cyber siege from Beijing's slickest ops this past week. Buckle up, because March 2026 has been a wild ride of botnets, backdoors, and big brother vibes.

Flash to Monday: whispers from the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee docs hit my feeds, warning that China and Russia are the top do...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos—witty, wired, and watching Beijing's digital dragons like a hawk. Picture this: it's March 15, 2026, and America's power grid is flickering under what experts are calling Dragon's Code, the slickest Chinese cyber siege yet. Over the past week, hackers from China's PLA Unit 61398, those shadowy wolves in sheep's code, unleashed a multi-vector blitz on US critical infrastructure. We're talking zero-day exploits in SCADA systems controlling everything from California's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant to Texas oil refineries in...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Picture this: it's March 13, 2026, and America's grid is flickering under the shadow of Dragon's Code, the slickest Chinese cyber ops blitzing US infrastructure this week. I'm talking PLA Unit 61398 hackers, those Beijing bad boys from Shanghai, slipping zero-day exploits into power substations from California to the Eastern Seaboard.

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacking hijinks. Buckle up, because this past week, as the US-Iran fireworks lit up the Middle East starting February 28th with those US-Israel strikes killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, China's been playing 4D chess in the shadows—Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege is in full swing.

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Picture this: it's March 8, 2026, and America's power grid is flickering like a bad sci-fi flick under what's being dubbed **Dragon's Code**—the slickest Chinese cyber barrage yet. Over the past week, Beijing's elite hackers from APT41 and the PLA's Unit 61398 unleashed a multi-vector nightmare on US infrastructure, and I'm breaking it down with the deets.

It kicked off Monday with **supply chain sabotage** on **West Coast ports**. According to Mandiant's fl...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Buckle up, because this week's been a digital dumpster fire with China's slickest cyber ops slamming US infrastructure like a bad VPN drop. We're talking Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege, straight from the past few days leading into March 6, 2026.

Picture this: I'm hunkered in my Beijing-watch lair, caffeine IV dripping, when alerts blare about APT41—yeah, those sneaky PLA-linked wolves—unleashing zero-day exploits on US power grids from California to t...

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Hey listeners, it's Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacking hijinks. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, screens flickering with the latest feeds from the past week leading up to March 4, 2026, and America's infrastructure is under a brutal cyber siege straight out of a Dragon's Code nightmare—China's hackers unleashing hell while Operation Epic Fury lights up Iran.

It kicked off February 28 with whispers of sophisticated intrusions into US power grids and water systems, but by Ma...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my neon-lit war room, screens flickering with the latest feeds from Cloudflare's 2026 Threat Report and Xinhua dispatches, as Dragon's Code unleashes hell on America's digital backbone. Over the past week, Salt Typhoon and Linen Typhoon—those slick Chinese state-sponsored crews—have been drilling deep into US telecom giants like AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen, plus government nets and IT services. Cloudforce One nailed it: these ops aren't smash-and-grab; they're pre...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacking America. Picture this: it's been a wild week ending February 27, 2026, and China's cyber ninjas are turning U.S. infrastructure into their personal playground. We're talking Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege, where Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon are the headliners, straight out of the Ministry of State Security playbook.

Let's dive into Salt Typhoon first—they've been burrowing into U.S. telecom giants like AT&T and Verizon, compromising routers and backbone networks fo...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, screens flickering with the latest feeds from Red Piranha's Threat Intelligence Report for February 17 to 23, 2026, and I'm decoding Dragon's Code—America under full-on cyber siege from Beijing's slickest hackers. These past few days? Pure fireworks.

Kickoff with Volt Typhoon, that notorious Beijing-backed crew, still burrowed deep in US energy networks like ticks on a power grid. Red Packet Security reports they're embedded for on...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, and buckle up because what's happening in the cyber trenches right now is absolutely wild. We're talking about Chinese state-linked hackers running circles around some of the world's most critical systems, and frankly, it's getting spicy.

Let me break down what went down this week. A suspected China-linked cyberespionage group has been quietly exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Dell's RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines software since mid-2024. That's right, we're talking about CVE-2026-22769, and according to Google's threat intelligence team and...

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Hey listeners, it's Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my neon-lit war room, screens flickering with the latest intel on **Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege**. Over the past week leading to February 20, 2026, China's slickest state-sponsored crews have been drilling into US infrastructure like pros picking a high-tech lock. We're talking Volt Typhoon—those UNC3886 shadows from Beijing—still burrowed deep in US utilities and critical grids, per Dragos researchers who've helped yank them out...

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Look, listeners, this week the cyber dragons have been exceptionally busy, and I'm not talking about the cute kind you see on scrolls. We're talking about sophisticated state-sponsored operations that would make your IT director lose sleep for weeks.

Let me break down what just hit the fan. According to Dragos, a company that literally specializes in watching critical infrastructure get attacked, Volt Typhoon and their closely related crew Voltzite have been absolutely embedding themselves into American energy networks throughout 2025. And here's the chilling part: they're...

This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast.

Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Buckle up, because this past week, America's infrastructure got hit with Dragon's Code—a slick Chinese cyber siege that's got the stars and stripes scrambling. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital lair, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the feeds as Silk Typhoon, that notorious Beijing-backed crew, ramps up their game.

It kicked off with BeyondTrust Remote Support getting pwned via CVE-2026-1731, a nasty OS command injection flaw letting unauthenticated attackers ru...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth with a front-row seat to China's digital dragon dance. Picture this: it's been a wild week ending February 15, 2026, and America's infrastructure is under siege from the slickest Chinese ops yet—think Dragon's Code, a relentless cyber storm hitting defense and critical grids. I'm diving straight in, no fluff.

Over the past days, groups like APT5, aka Keyhole Panda or Mulberry Typhoon, and UNC3236, better known as Volt Typhoon, have been feasting on North American defense contractors and research la...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos. Picture this: it's been a wild week in the shadows of the digital battlefield, and America's critical infrastructure is feeling the heat from some seriously slick Chinese ops. We're talking **Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege**, where Volt Typhoon—that notorious PLA-linked crew—has been burrowing deeper into our power grids, water systems, and comms networks like ticks on a server farm.

Just days ago, on February 10th, CISA dropped an update on Bric...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos, and buckle up because this past week, America's defense industrial base got hit with Dragon's Code—a relentless cyber siege straight from Beijing's playbook. Picture this: I'm huddled over my screens on February 11, 2026, watching Google Threat Intelligence Group drop their bombshell report, flagging China-nexus crews like UNC3886 and UNC5221 as the undisputed volume kings of espionage hacks against U.S. contractors.

These sneaky operators kicked off intrusions by zero-daying over two dozen unknown fl...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos, and buckle up because America's infrastructure is under Dragon's Code siege right now. Picture this: it's early February 2026, and Volt Typhoon—that sneaky China-linked APT crew—has burrowed deeper into US critical networks like a digital mole on steroids. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, or IISS, these hackers aren't just spying; they're pre-positioning for disruption, targeting comms, energy, transportation, and government systems, especially around Guam's naval ports and air bases. Why Guam? It's...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth with a front-row seat to China's digital dragonfire. Picture this: it's been a wild week ending February 8, 2026, and America's infrastructure is feeling the heat from the most slick Chinese cyber ops yet. I'm talking Shadow Campaigns, that beast tracked by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, where state-sponsored hackers—likely UNC6619 out of GMT+8 timezone—breached 70 government networks across 37 countries, including US allies' power grids and border systems.

These ninjas kicked off with phishing lures themed around ministry shakeups, dropping Diao...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Picture this: it's been a wild week in the cyber trenches, with America's infrastructure feeling the heat from some seriously slick Chinese ops. Let's dive into Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege, straight from the headlines scorching up February 2026.

First off, Salt Typhoon—that notorious Chinese state-backed crew—didn't just knock; they kicked down doors. Norway's Police Security Service dropped a bombshell on February 6, confirming Salt Typhoon hacked into Norwegian orgs...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos. Picture this: it's been a wild week ending February 4, 2026, and America's infrastructure is under the dragon's fiery breath with Operation Dragon's Code—a slick Chinese cyber siege that's got everyone from the White House to your local power grid sweating. I'm talking APT41, that notorious Beijing-backed crew out of Chengdu, unleashing their most devious hits yet on US critical systems.

It kicked off Monday with a zero-day exploit in Siemens SCADA software targeting Ca...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Buckle up, because this past week wrapping on February 2nd, 2026, America's been under a sneaky digital dragon siege—Dragon's Code style, with Chinese ops hitting US infrastructure like a precision-guided phishing spear.

Picture this: back in June 2025, but the fallout exploded this week with fresh Rapid7 Labs reports on the Notepad++ supply chain nightmare. Chinese state-sponsored hackers, tracked as Lotus Blossom by Rapid7, wormed into the shared hosting provider for no...

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Hey listeners, it's Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos—witty hacker whisperer with a PhD in Dragon's digital dirty tricks. Buckle up, because this past week, America's been under siege from Beijing's slickest ops yet, and I'm spilling the tea straight from the firewalls.

Picture this: Salt Typhoon, those sneaky Chinese state-sponsored ghosts, just expanded their empire. Inside Telecom reports they infiltrated AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Lumen back in 2022, burrowing into CALEA wiretap systems—yep, the ones cops use for cour...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos. Picture this: it's been a wild week ending January 30, 2026, and America's infrastructure is under siege from Beijing's slickest hackers yet. I'm talking Dragon's Code, my name for the stealthy ops where Chinese state-backed crews like Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon are planting digital time bombs in our grids, pipelines, and telecoms. According to the Independent Institute, these groups—tied straight to the People's Republic of China—are burrowing into utilities controlling water, wastewater, electrical grids, and...

This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast.

Hey listeners, I'm Ting, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Picture this: it's been a wild week in the cyber trenches, with Beijing's digital ninjas turning America's infrastructure into their personal playground. We're talking Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege, straight out of the shadows of early 2026.

Let's kick off with Salt Typhoon, that notorious Chinese state-backed crew. According to US intelligence shared via The Telegraph, they've been burrowing into telecom giants like a rootkit on steroids, pre-positioning for the...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, and buckle up because what's been happening in the cyber trenches this week is absolutely wild. We're talking about a perfect storm of Chinese cyber operations that would make any security team lose sleep.

Let me hit you with the big one first. According to The Wall Street Journal, China's senior-most general is accused of leaking nuclear weapons program information to the United States and accepting bribes for official acts, including promoting an officer to defense minister. Now, that's not a US...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the week's wildest hacks straight out of Beijing's playbook. We're talking Dragon's Code—America under cyber siege, with Volt Typhoon leading the charge like a ninja in the night.

Flash back to January 3rd and 4th, 2026—U.S. intelligence drops the bomb on Modern Diplomacy: Chinese military-linked operatives snapping up land near strategic bases, but the real stealth weapon? Volt Typhoon burr...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, and buckle up because what's happening right now in cyberspace is absolutely wild. China isn't just knocking on America's digital door anymore—they're basically moving in, and frankly, it's getting terrifying.

This week, a House Homeland Security Committee hearing revealed that Chinese state-backed hackers have shifted tactics dramatically. They're no longer interested in smash-and-grab attacks. According to Madhu Gottumukkala, the Acting Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, China's strategy is built on something called pre-positioning. Think of it like planting sl...