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Rated by Participant: 21271BB301D6654B88E0B7750DABD5859D0DDFA9C8BF12692B0892482A0142DE
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NNN Latham Saddler, former Director of Intelligence Programs at the NSC, explicitly confirmed the existence of a backdoor vulnerability in the transformer https://youtu.be/x0EawFC18MI?feature=shared&t=819 https://www.controlglobal.com/home/blog/11293192/information-technology https://www.securityinfowatch.com/cybersecurity/article/53098118/the-us-electric-industry-is-not-responding-to-cybervulnerable-chinese-equipment https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/houston-has-a-problem-chinese-backdoor-threatens-next-texas-blackout/ https://www.controlglobal.com/home/blog/11293192/information-technology -Embedded backdoors are a common cyberthreat in other imported Chinese Tech too https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Joint-Homeland-China-Select-Port-Security-Report.pdf https://therecord.media/port-cranes-china-modems-republican-house-report https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/chinese-hackers-deployed-backdoor-quintet-to-down-mitre https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/cisa-orders-disconnecting-ivanti-vpn-appliances-what-to-do https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/electronics-with-chinese-chips-are-sending-data-back-via-backdoors-hcl-co-founder-ajai-chowdhry-article-12755879.html https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinese-noodle-rat-backdoor/ https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechsecurity/news/366615982/HC3-warns-healthcare-of-Godzilla-web-shell-backdoor https://cyberscoop.com/glutton-php-backdoor-winnti-apt-41-china/ https://www.csoonline.com/article/3493381/chinese-apt-group-velvet-ant-deployed-custom-backdoor-on-cisco-nexus-switches.html https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616972/Government-agencies-urged-to-use-encrypted-messaging-after-Chinese-Salt-Typhoon-hack
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