Feds Probe Chinese 'Salt Typhoon' Hack of Major Telcos

Verizon, AT&T and Lumen's Systems for Lawful Broadband Wiretaps Reportedly Breached Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • October 7, 2024

The U.S. government is reportedly probing suspected breaches tied to Chinese nation-state hackers infiltrating broadband providers' infrastructure used to comply with court-authorized wiretaps of their subscribers' networking traffic.

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The Wall Street Journal first reported news of the national security probe, saying Verizon Communications, AT&T and Lumen Technologies are among the broadband providers breached as part of an apparent espionage operation run by a Beijing-tied advanced persistent threat group that Microsoft has codenamed Salt Typhoon.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI are among the agencies reportedly probing the campaign. The attacks have not been officially ...