U.S. officials add another telecom company to list of networks hacked by Chinese infiltrators [UPDATED]
Update from December 30, 2024:
A representative for T-Mobile has reached out and clarified that the company is not the ninth telecom network added to the list of affected carriers. They also confirmed that T-Mobile still remains safe from the Salt Typhoon breaches.
The original story from December 28, 2024 follows below:
The campaign spanned across a year as the hacker group exploited vulnerabilities in U.S. telecom networks and gained access to the metadata of a large number of American users. This metadata includes communication logs, pieces of text messages and even bits of audio from voice calls.
Officials say that the group — officially known as Salt Typhoon — specifically targeted government officials and politicians. President elect Donald Trump and vice president elect JD Vance were prime targets for the group. U.S. officials also say that Salt Typhoon is still inside telecom networks and it’s difficult to ascertain when they will be fully evicted.
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T-Mobile claims it was not affected by the attack. | Image credit — The New York Times
While T-Mobile spotted suspicious behavior that might have been the same hacker group it claims that it was unaffected by the attack. The suspicious agents were all removed from the network after T-Mobile verified the irregularities.
U.S. officials revealed yesterday that there is a ninth company that was also breached by the attackers but refused to provide a name. That ninth company may very well be T-Mobile seeing how large its network is.
Officials have previously said that the attackers kept changing their strategies whenever the media was told what U.S. security personnel knew. So it’s very likely that the ninth company’s name isn’t being provided so officials can keep the upper hand over the hackers.
This attack is one of the largest to have occurred in recent times and is an important reminder of how technology is never truly safe from malicious individuals.
U.S. officials revealed yesterday that there is a ninth company that was also breached by the attackers but refused to provide a name. That ninth company may very well be T-Mobile seeing how large its network is.
Officials have previously said that the attackers kept changing their strategies whenever the media was told what U.S. security personnel knew. So it’s very likely that the ninth company’s name isn’t being provided so officials can keep the upper hand over the hackers.
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