Salt Typhoon Apt Group: What Public Sector Leaders And Defenders Should Know
Rapid7, Thursday, October 30th, 2025
The Rapid7 Threat Focus: Salt Typhoon report profiles one of the most sophisticated and persistent state-sponsored threat actors operating today.
Salt Typhoon, a Chinese espionage advanced persistent threat (APT) group linked to the Ministry of State Security (MSS), has spent years infiltrating global telecommunications and government networks, including U.S. infrastructure.
For federal, state, and local agencies, the Salt Typhoon campaign underscores an uncomfortable truth: Persistent nation-state threats are no longer limited to federal intelligence targets. They are probing every layer of U.S. governance - from military networks to state communications systems and the vendors that support them.