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Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks
- Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. jointly warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks.
- All of the six security agencies recommend robust measures to protect enterprise networks against cyber threats.
- Organizations should adopt secure password storage, phishing-resistant MFA, session token limits, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
- China-linked cyber espionage campaign targeted U.S. broadband providers, compromising networks to steal call records and access private communications of government officials.
- The alleged threat actors compromised networks of major global telecommunications providers and carried out a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign.
- Experts believe that these breaches like this could enable disruptive attacks during any future potential conflicts.
- The Salt Typhoon group targeted surveillance systems used by the US government to investigate crimes and threats to national security.
- The company T-Mobile determined that the attacks suspected to be from 'Salt Typhoon' originated from a wireline provider’s network that was connected to its systems.
- These breaches are a part of China’s expansive espionage strategies which are increasingly raising concerns of USA officials.
- The carrier T-Mobile, which detected recent infiltration attempts confirmed no unauthorized system access occurred, and services were unaffected.
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