
In a significant move to counter cybersecurity threats, the US government has imposed sanctions on the Chinese cybersecurity firm Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company, Limited (Sichuan Silence) and its employee Guan Tianfeng. This action follows their involvement in a massive firewall breach in April 2020, exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE 2020-12271) to deploy malware and ransomware worldwide. Over 23,000 firewalls










