China's Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singtel in 'test-run' for US telecom attacks

Chinese government cyberspies Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singapore Telecommunications over the summer as part of their ongoing attacks against critical infrastructure operators.

The digital break-in was discovered in June, according to Bloomberg, citing "two people familiar with the matter" who told the news outlet that the Singtel breach was "a test run by China for further hacks against US telecommunications companies."

In February, the feds and other nations' governments warned that the Beijing-backed crew had compromised "multiple" critical infrastructure orgs' IT networks in America and globally, and were "disruptive or destructive cyberattacks" against those targets.

Volt Typhoon's targets include communications, energy, transportation systems, and water and wastewater systems. 

"Volt Typhoon's choice of targets and pattern of behavior is not consistent with traditional cyber espionage or intelligence gathering operations, and the US authoring agencies assess with high confidence that Volt Typhoon actors are pre-positioning themselves on IT networks to ...