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T-Mobile hack linked to Chinese breaches of telecom networks
This is the ninth known cyberattack to target T-Mobile in recent years, according to an ongoing count by TechCrunch.
The hacks, conducted by a group of hackers working for the Chinese government dubbed Salt Typhoon, targeted the wiretap systems that U.S. phone and internet companies are required under a 30-year-old federal law to allow government access to customer data. The FBI and U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA went public this week to warn the wider industry of linked cyberattacks, accusing China of conducting a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” aimed at targeting the call records and text messages of high-ranking American officials, including presidential candidates. This is the ninth known cyberattack to target T-Mobile in recent years, according to an ongoing count by TechCrunch.
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