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FBI confirms China-backed hackers breached US telecom giants to steal wiretap data


CISA and the FBI say they have uncovered a 'broad and significant' PRC-linked cyberespionage campaign

In a joint statement published on Monday, CISA and the FBI said they had uncovered “a broad and significant” cyber espionage campaign that saw PRC-affiliated actors compromise networks at “multiple telecommunications companies” in the United States. The PRC hacking campaign also enabled the China-linked hackers — known as “ Salt Typhoon ” — to copy “certain information that was subject to U.S. law enforcement requests pursuant to court orders,” according to the statement. The FBI and CISA previously said they were investigating breaches by a China-backed hacking group inside several telecommunications providers, but had not said whether any data was stolen or whether the hackers accessed the systems used to fulfill legal wiretap requests.

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