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T-Mobile says telco hackers had ‘no access’ to customer call and text message logs
The phone giant said hackers did not access the contents or logs of customer phone calls or text messages, during an industry-wide attack on phone and internet companies.
It was this type of telemetry that enabled us to quickly identify suspicious activity and take action to protect our systems and customers,” said T-Mobile spokesperson Michelle Jacob. U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA and the FBI said in a public alert last week that China-backed hackers were targeting telcos as part of a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” targeting wiretap systems, which U.S. phone and internet companies are required by law to install. Senior U.S. officials have linked the Salt Typhoon campaign against telcos as part of a broader effort by China to lay the groundwork for disruptive cyberattacks in the event of a future conflict with the United States, such as an anticipated Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
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