A Chinese -backed hacking campaign First nine American telecommunications and internet providers According to the FBI top cyber head, at least 200 American companies have now been confirmed to be hacked.
FBI Assistant Director Brett Lethraman told Washington Post that hackers, Dubbed salt typhoonToo Companies broke in 80 countriesThe first disclosure for the global scale of the Chinese espionage campaign.
Lithraman did not name the hacked companies. AT & T, VerizonAnd Lumen Earlier confirmed as a violation, and Charter Communication and Windestream Later nominated as victims, among others.
Hackers targeted the call records between senior American politicians and officials, allowing them to find out who was calling whom, and on which the US was snuping with legal orders. For a time, the danger was so serious that FBI urged Americans to switch on encrypted messaging app To avoid accessing their calls and messages.
FBI, with about two dozen international agencies, said In an advisor [PDF] Published on Wednesday This salt typhoon mainly targets the company router and the cyphon sensitive network traffic, and offered technical guidance on how to identify infiltration.
Lethraman told The Post that the threat to China was “running.”
