US Investigating Breach of Telecoms by China-Linked Hackers (2)

The US government said Friday it was investigating unauthorized access by Chinese state-affiliated hackers targeting the commercial telecommunications sector.

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said they had identified specific malicious activity by actors affiliated with the Chinese government, and immediately notified the affected companies, “rendered technical assistance and rapidly shared information to assist other potential victims,” the agencies said in a joint statement.

The announcement on Friday came after The New York Times reported that Chinese hackers who had burrowed into American communications networks had targeted data from phones used by former President Donald Trump and ...