Top senator calls Salt Typhoon ‘worst telecom hack in our nation’s history’
The Chinese government espionage campaign that has deeply penetrated more than a dozen U.S. telecommunications companies is the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history — by far,” a senior U.S. senator told The Washington Post in an interview this week.
China Wiretaps Americans in ‘Worst Hack in Our Nation’s History’
All the major U.S. carriers, including AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, were impacted, according to the Post. Incredibly, Warner says the hackers are still inside the U.S. system and there’s no obvious way to get them out that doesn’t involve physically replacing old equipment, according to Warner.
Chinese Hackers Are Still Inside US Networks, Senator Warns
In an interview with The Washington Post, the Virginia Democrat and Senate Intelligence chairman provided more disturbing details about the cyber espionage effort, which was allegedly carried out by a Chinese hacking group known as Salt Typhoon.
Senate Intel chairman calls Chinese hack ‘worst’ in ‘nation’s history’
The telecommunications hack earlier this month linked to Chinese hackers was the worst in U.S. history, according to the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced in mid-November that the intelligence community identified that Chinese-linked actors “have compromised networks at multiple telecommunications companies to enable the theft of customer call records data,
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