Cyberdudebivash

          Ghost in the Machine: A National Security Briefing on Why Telecoms Can't Remove Salt Typhoon     By CyberDudeBivash • September 27, 2025 National Security Briefing   A persistent and stealthy threat actor, designated Salt Typhoon by Microsoft and linked to the People's Republic of China, has achieved a level of deep, embedded access within global telecommunications infrastructure that defies traditional methods of detection and eradication. This adversary operates as a 'ghost in the machine,' leveraging the systems' own tools and compromising core identity services to become part of the network fabric itself. This is not a problem that can be solved by simply 'cleaning' infected servers. This briefing will explain the technical reasons for this unprecedented persistence, detail the grave implications for national and economic security, and outline the necessary strategic shift from a futile eradication effort to a posture ...