US Navy Trying Experimental Tech to Help Secure Guam
- Mobile carrier Cape hired for pilot project to shield network
- Hackers tied to Chinese government accused of targeting Guam
Technicians work on an unconnected transmission tower.
Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/BloombergThe US Navy has turned to experimental technology to protect remote but critical networks against Chinese hackers, signing a contract with a small mobile carrier to provide cybersecurity for telecommunication companies based on the island of Guam.
Guam, a US territory located 1,600 miles (about 2,600 kilometers) east of Manila, has become an increasingly important military and strategic hub as concerns ratchet up that China might take military action to enforce its claim to the self-ruled island of Taiwan. Critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and elsewhere in the US have been targeted by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Volt Typhoon, Microsoft Corp. said last year.