03 December 2024

STORM SALT TYPHOON: Chinese Threat Group Hacked Major US Telecom Companies

The Wall Street Journal first brought Salt Typhoon’s campaign to light in October. The group used sophisticated methods to penetrate dozens of telecom firms inside and outside the U.S. over the course of several months.

The hackers have not been entirely jettisoned from the networks, said the FBI official, as well as Jeff Greene, the executive assistant cybersecurity director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

The revelations about Salt Typhoon’s targets lay bare the hackers’ sophisticated operation aimed at accessing the backbone of U.S. spying systems used for tracking critical individuals at home and possibly abroad.

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Chinese hack of global telecom providers is ‘ongoing,’ officials warn

Officials from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say the major Chinese hack began in late spring, and they are strongly urging Americans to use encrypted communications.

The timeline of the hacking effort, as well as the scope of the intrusion, was not previously disclosed.

CISA, the FBI, the National Security Agency, and partner agencies in New Zealand, Australia and Canada also released a joint alert on Tuesday warning that Chinese hackers were targeting “major global telecommunications providers.” | Kiichiro Sato/AP