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https://intelligencecommunitynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cybersecurity-2.jpg800534The CSA published by the NSA details how multiple China-nexus threat actors are now using external covert networks to facilitate malicious cyber activity strategically, at scale. These dynamic covert networks include botnets that leverage many compromised devices to connect across the internet in a low-cost, low-risk, deniable way, disguising the origin and attribution of malicious activity.