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(Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"42.21419534413\"><body readability=\"86.321816662023\"><\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s reliance on domestic technology companies to carry out large-scale hacking operations\u2014as highlighted by the U.S. government and its allies this week\u2014is a weakness that poses risks for Beijing, a top FBI official told CyberScoop.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber agencies from around the world <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/salt-typhoon-hacking-campaign-goes-beyond-previously-disclosed-targets-world-cyber-agencies-say\/\">published an alert<\/a> Wednesday about what officials have described as an indiscriminate cyberespionage campaign from Chinese Communist Party-backed hackers like the group known as <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/salt-typhoon\/\">Salt Typhoon<\/a>. The alert also named three Chinese companies that it says have assisted that hacking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese enabling companies, they failed,\u201d Jason Bilnoski, deputy assistant director in the FBI\u2019s cyber division, told CyberScoop. \u201cThis investigation, and that of our partners, are exposing that the use of these enabling companies by the CCP is a failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lack of control China has over what those companies do precisely created an opening for investigators, Bilnoski said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey have this unregulated system of using these enabling companies, and it does create a risk between CCP-sanctioned actions and the mistakes by these enabling private companies that they are utilizing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The alert about the hacking campaign tracks activity from Salt Typhoon and other Chinese government-linked groups dating back to 2021, which it says Chinese entities have also assisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese companies provide cyber-related products and services to China\u2019s intelligence services, including multiple units in the People\u2019s Liberation Army and Ministry of State Security,\u201d the alert states. \u201cThe data stolen through this activity against foreign telecommunications and Internet service providers (ISPs), as well as intrusions in the lodging and transportation sectors, ultimately can provide Chinese intelligence services with the capability to identify and track their targets\u2019 communications and movements around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the named companies, Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology, is already <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/treasury-sanctions-chinese-cybersecurity-company-salt-typhoon-hacks\/\">the subject of U.S. sanctions<\/a>. That firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/international-coalition-calls-out-three-chinese-companies-over-hacking-campaign-2025-08-27\/\">has not responded publicly<\/a> to the U..S. accusations to date, nor apparently have the other two. The Chinese government routinely denies backing hacking activities.<\/p>\n<p>Under a series of laws that China passed dating back to 2014, the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cna.org\/quick-looks\/2023\/China-national-security-laws-implications-beyond-borders.pdf\">has imposed obligations<\/a> on companies that do business domestically on the handling of sensitive data, among other rules.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHistorically, the CCP has used shell companies like those listed here in the [advisory] to conduct this nefarious activity, and no doubt they will continue to do so,\u201d Bilnoski said. \u201cBut we\u2019re going to continue after them. We have a long memory, so if it\u2019s today, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue to identify, uncover and expose their activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defending networks can\u2019t just be the role of the government, though, he said \u2014 thus the alert that went beyond warnings to the telecommunications companies that Salt Typhoon made headlines by hacking.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the alert was simple, he said: As the FBI and its partners conducted their investigations, responded to the attacks and assisted victims, they released it as soon as it was ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important that we understand that it doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re Fortune 500, small business \u2014 we should not and we cannot assume that our systems are secure,\u201d Bilnoski said. \u201cWe need the American people, we need our partners around the world to take action here, not just with Salt Typhoon, but with all the indiscriminate actions that the CCP has been undertaking over the last few years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"7.7216117216117\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/top-fbi-official-says-chinese-reliance-on-domestic-firms-for-hacking-is-a-weakness-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Tim Starks\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-card__details\" readability=\"10.901098901099\">\n<h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Tim Starks<\/h4>\n<p> Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. 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