- US government representatives say at least eight US telecommunications companies were compromised by the Chinese
- The hackers have probably not been completely eliminated yet.
- China is currently not responding to the claims.
Salt Typhoon's reach is much broader than initially thought, involving numerous telecommunications companies and other organizations in both the public and private sectors around the world.
This is according to representatives from the White House, the FBI, and CISA, who recently held press conferences to update the public on their findings on Salt Typhoon's apparent mass surveillance campaign.
Officials said victims of the salt typhoon are in dozens of countries around the world.
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While the full scope of the attack has yet to be determined, we do know that the attackers targeted telecommunications organizations in the United States. In fact, during the briefing it was said that eight US telecommunications companies were compromised, up from four previously known.
So far, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies have confirmed being attacked by Salt Typhoon.
The campaign lasted years, he added. However, there is currently no evidence that hackers have managed to get their hands on classified communications.
As new information emerges, this attack appears to be becoming a major escalation. Salt Typhoon is a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor focused on cyberespionage against Western targets. For months now, cybersecurity experts, government agents, and media outlets have been reporting on Salt Typhoon attacks on Internet service providers, telecommunications companies, and similar businesses. Targets have been working hard to clean up their IT systems, but according to CISA, there is still work to be done.
“We can't say with certainty that the adversary has been expelled, because we don't yet know the extent of what they're doing. We're still trying to understand it, along with those partners,” a senior CISA official said on a Tuesday press call. , reports BleepingComputer.
China has not yet issued an official statement or comment on these allegations. In the past, the country's representatives have vehemently denied wrongdoing and accused the United States of being the world's cyberbully.
Through beepcomputer