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MI5 revealed that UK spies have recently disrupted a new threat from China, highlighting ongoing cyber threats and espionage activities, despite a dropped case against two individuals accused of gathering intelligence on UK-China relations. The agency emphasizes the persistent danger posed by Chinese state actors and ongoing cyber threats to government networks.
The U.S. has charged Chinese national Guan Tianfeng for exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Sophos firewalls, affecting 81,000 devices globally, including critical U.S. infrastructure. Guan, linked to Sichuan Silence Information Technology, allegedly used the CVE-2020-12271 flaw to execute remote code and steal data. The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Guan and Sichuan Silence, a contractor for Chinese intelligence, while the State Department offers rewards for information on cyber threats to U.S. infrastructure.