The Salt Typhoon hack is one of the largest attacks on US telecommunications ever, officials say. The yearslong attack originated in China and targeted major telecom companies like AT&T and Verizon.

After the accused hacker broke into the telecom companies’ systems, he reportedly sent out 8.5 million texts containing phishing links across a European country in October 2023. He had been doing this ...

Top executives from the U.S. telecom industry and national security officials gathered at the White House to address concerns over a Chinese cyber-espionage campaign targeting high-ranking U.S.

The federal government began investigating a major Chinese breach of global telecommunications systems in the spring, officials said Tuesday, and warned that the intrusion is “ongoing” and likely ...

U.S. officials have labeled a recent Chinese cyber attack as the worst telecommunications hack the country has ever experienced, affecting eight major telecom providers, including Verizon and AT&T.

Many of the breached systems were not properly equipped with tools that recorded network activity, making it harder to quickly trace the origins of the hack, a person familiar said. The White House on ...

China-linked hackers, identified as part of the hacking group Salt Typhoon, reportedly infiltrated US telecommunications networks for up to 18 months undetected, according to a Wall Street Journal ...

The joint government-private investigative team probing the SK Telecom (SKT) hacking incident announced on Monday that it has so far discovered 25 types of malware on SKT servers. Of these, 24 were ...

Dec 27 (Reuters) - U.S. officials have added a ninth telecommunications company to the list of entities compromised by a sweeping Chinese-linked cyberespionage operation known as Salt Typhoon, a top ...

A top US Senator has labeled a series of telecom hacks, suspected to be caused by China, as the country's worst-ever telecom hack. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia), chairman of the Senate Intelligence ...