Fourteen of the Army National Guard’s top soldiers and NCOs are battling it out this week in Maryland for the title of Best Warrior — and one of them is representing the Old Line State.

A U.S. state's Army National Guard network was thoroughly hacked by a Chinese cyberespionage group nicknamed "Salt Typhoon," according to a Department of Homeland Security memo.

A Department of Homeland Security memo from June, describing the Pentagon’s findings, said that the group, publicly known by the nickname Salt Typhoon, “extensively compromised a U.S. state’s Army National Guard network” from March 2024 through December 2024. The memo did not specify which state was affected.

A Department of Defense (DOD) report found that the hacking group, known as Salt Typhoon, had “extensively compromised a U.S. state’s Army National Guard network” from March 2024 through December, the June 11 memo revealed, obtained by NBC News.

Pentagon confirms that 2,000 California National Guard members are being withdrawn from the mission to protect federal buildings and personnel that followed ICE protests.

The group has been connected to intrusions into U.S. mobile networks and the hacking of dozens of high-profile U.S. officials.

Chinese hackers stole network diagrams, credentials, and personnel data in a breach that poses a threat to critical infrastructure nationwide.

BALTIMORE — The Army National Guard’s 2025 National Best Warrior Competition officially kicked off this week in Maryland, bringing together 14 elite