AT&T and Verizon Say Chinese Hackers Ejected From Networks

9 Telcos Have Been Breached by Beijing-Backed 'Salt Typhoon,' White House Says Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • December 31, 2024

U.S. telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon Communications say they have permanently ejected Chinese cyber espionage hackers from their networks.

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The attacks, which may have begun months ago, have been attributed to hackers tied to Beijing's foreign intelligence service. Researchers track the hacking group, which has been active since at least 2019, using the codename "Salt Typhoon."

Dallas-based AT&T told Information Security Media Group that "we detect no activity by nation-state actors in our networks at this time."

New York-based Verizon likewise told TechCrunch in a statement that it has "contained the cyber incident brought on by this nation-state threat actor," thanks in part to working with a third-party incident response firm, which it declined to name. The ...