Chinese Hackers Still Trying to Break Into Telecoms Across Globe

A Chinese hacking group has continued to target phone and wireless providers around the world, compromising devices tied to seven telecommunications companies since February, according to a bulletin that a cybersecurity company recently sent to clients.

In the past five months, the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group widely referred to as Salt Typhoon has breached network devices at locations on the internet that are owned by the seven companies, including the American telecom and media firm Comcast Corp., South Africa’s MTN Group Ltd. and South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp., the report from cybersecurity firm Recorded Future Inc. shows. Bloomberg ...