The FBI and CISA verified in October that the Chinese state hackers had compromised numerous telecom companies across dozens of countries, including AT&T, Verizon, Lumen, Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream.
According to information made public at the time, the attackers were able to access the networks of U.S. telecoms, as well as the wiretapping platform used by U.S. law enforcement and the “private communications” of a “limited number” of government officials in the United States.
In an effort to identify the Salt Typhoon hackers who targeted US telecommunications infrastructure, the FBI released a public service announcement on Thursday asking for information read more about FBI seeks help to unmask Salt Typhoon hackers behind telecom breaches.
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