Amid tensions between China and the United States, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said in an interview with CNBC that Naval facilities have been affected by a Chinese hacker group called Volt Typhoon, accused of hacking into government communications. , production and IT organizations, writes Bloomberg. The hackers likely broke the US Navy's system as part of a broader campaign that cybersecurity experts say was intended to disrupt communications in the Pacific region ahead of a possible crisis..

Microsoft, which named the group and warned of the May 24 hacks, said the hackers gained access to facilities in the US and Guam, home to a key US military base in the Pacific..

Microsoft said it has " The company's disclosure comes amid growing fears that China could take military action to enforce its claims on Taiwan..

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China rejects allegations of hacking. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said: “We have taken note of this extremely unprofessional report – a patchwork quilt with a broken chain of evidence.. Clearly this was a collective disinformation campaign launched by the US through Five Eyes to serve their geopolitical agenda..

It is not clear why Microsoft, the US and their allies decided to draw attention to this hacker group (Volt Typhoon) this week. One reason could be to give private companies a head start in defending against this group of Chinese hackers long before a potential conflict with China over Taiwan, said John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google subsidiary Mandiant Intelligence..

“The burden of protecting critical infrastructure from severe disruptive cyberattacks rests with the private sector. They have to protect these networks,” Hultsqvist said..

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Recall, on May 26, the US State Department said that China could carry out cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, including oil and gas pipelines and railway systems of the United States.. Prior to this, Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft Corporation said that Volt Typhoon is developing capabilities to excite critical communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia during potential crisis situations..

Previously, the Chinese military held a war game in which a simulated battle was created against the US fleet.. After her, they said that the People's Liberation Army of China is capable of destroying the aircraft carrier strike group USS Gerald R. Ford salvo of 24 hypersonic anti-ship missiles.