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~~I think the US government provided this name. I don't think it's an actual named group.~~
On the Wikipedia page for the group:
Salt Typhoon is the name assigned by Microsoft and is the one most widely used to describe the group.[23] The group has also variously been called:
Earth Estrie by Trend Micro[6]
Ghost Emperor by Kaspersky Lab[23]
FamousSparrow by ESET[23]
UNC2286 by Mandiant[28]
Ghost Emperor sounds the coolest, but is it an emperor of the ghosts? Is it a dead emperor who is now a ghost? Is it an ethereal penguin? Is it just a large dead penguin? Do ghosts have any impact on the mortal plane with this naming convention, or is it more like you're being silently and invisibly judged by the disembodied soul of a dead monarch? Was this dead emperor the true source of executive power, or was he merely a figurehead for a governing body with more collective legislative experience? Was the emperor a child when he became a ghost, or had he accumulated wisdom with age? What sort of backgrounds did the ghosts have in life that they are now ruled by an emperor, and what sort of an impact does a monarch have over the lives of the dead?
Who wields more power, a dead monarch or a particularly famous sparrow?