Overview
- Mike Burgess publicly named Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon as groups he said work for the Chinese government and its military.
- He said Salt Typhoon penetrated US telecommunications systems to conduct espionage and access communications.
- He said Volt Typhoon compromised American critical infrastructure to pre-position for potential sabotage, giving China the ability to disable telecommunications and other services.
- Burgess reported similar probes against Australian networks designed to map systems and maintain persistent, undetected access.
- He declared Australia has reached the threshold for high-impact sabotage but did not identify specific Chinese units targeting Australian assets or confirm successful access.