White House: Salt Typhoon hacked telcos in dozens of countries
Chinese state hackers, known as Salt Typhoon, have breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries, President Biden’s deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said today.
During a Wednesday press briefing, the White House official told reporters that these breaches include a total of eight telecom firms in the United States, with only four previously known.
While these attacks have been underway for “likely one to two years, “at this time, we don’t believe any classified communications have been compromised,” Neuberger added, as the Journal first reported.
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