<ul><li>The US government's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) advises employees to avoid using cellphones for work after China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon hackers breached major telecom providers.</li><li>The agency has issued a directive to employees to reduce the use of their phones and invite them to use Microsoft Teams and Cisco WebEx for their meetings and conversations that involve nonpublic data.</li><li>China-linked threat actors have breached several U.S. internet service providers in recent months as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon.</li><li>Intelligence and cybersecurity experts warn that Chinese nation-state actors have shifted from stealing secrets to infiltrate critical U.S. infrastructure, suggesting that they are now targeting the core of America's digital networks.</li></ul>

U.S. agency cautions employees to limit phone use due to Salt Typhoon hack of telco providers

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