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BRICKSTORM Backdoor CSI Graphic

Dec. 4, 2025

NSA Joins CISA to Release Guidance on Detecting BRICKSTORM Backdoor Activity

FORT MEADE, Md. — FORT MEADE, Md. – The National Security Agency (NSA) is joining the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security to detail the broad campaign of China state-sponsored cyber actors using the BRICKSTORM malware for long-term persistence on victim systems.

NSA, CISA, FBI and others are releasing the joint Cybersecurity Advisory, "Countering Chinese State-Sponsored Actors Compromise of Networks Worldwide to Feed Global Espionage System"

Aug. 27, 2025

NSA and Others Provide Guidance to Counter China State-Sponsored Actors Targeting Critical Infrastructure Organizations

FORT MEADE, Md. – The National Security Agency (NSA) and other U.S. and foreign organizations are releasing a joint Cybersecurity Advisory to expose advanced persistent threat (APT) actors sponsored by the Chinese government targeting telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure networks globally and outline appropriate mitigation guidance.

PRC State-Sponsored Actors Compromise and Maintain Persistent Access to U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Feb. 7, 2024

NSA and Partners Spotlight People’s Republic of China Targeting of U.S. Critical Infrastructure

The National Security Agency (NSA) has joined partners to issue a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to address People’s Republic of China (PRC) targeting of U.S. critical infrastructure. The CSA, entitled “PRC State-Sponsored Actors Compromise and Maintain Persistent Access to U.S. Critical Infrastructure,” is led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in partnership with NSA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and additional government agencies.

GEN Nakasone speaks at the 2023 Billington Cybersecurity Summit.

Sept. 21, 2023

GEN Nakasone Offers Insight into Future of Cybersecurity and SIGINT

GEN Paul M. Nakasone, Commander of U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), Director of NSA, and Chief of the Central Security Service (CSS), offered insight into what the future of cybersecurity and signals intelligence may look like during a conference in Washington earlier this month.

CSA: Top Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) Actively Exploited by People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors (October 2022)

Oct. 6, 2022

NSA, CISA, FBI Reveal Top CVEs Exploited by Chinese State-Sponsored Actors

In a Cybersecurity Advisory released today, the National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) exposed the “Top Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) Actively Exploited by People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors” since 2020.