US Names One of the Hackers Allegedly Behind Massive Salt Typhoon Breaches

The report summarizes a series of high-impact cybersecurity incidents: sanctions and attribution related to the China-linked Salt Typhoon APT that breached nine U.S. telecoms and reportedly accessed real-time call/text data; an internal Treasury intrusion that compromised at least 400 PCs and 3,000 files; the FBI’s operation to delete PlugX malware from roughly 4,200 infected machines; and a credential-based breach of the PowerSchool education platform potentially exposing student and teacher data — alongside other security and privacy developments.