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Chinese Hacked US Telecom a Year Before Known Wireless Breaches
Thursday June 5, 2025. 05:30 AM , from Slashdot
![]() The 2023 intrusion at an American telecommunications company, which hasn't been previously reported, came about a year before US government officials and cybersecurity companies said they began spotting clues that Chinese hackers had penetrated many of the country's largest phone and wireless firms. The US government has blamed the later breaches on a Chinese state-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon. It's unclear if the 2023 hack is related to that foreign espionage campaign and, if so, to what degree. Nonetheless, it raises questions about when Chinese intruders established a foothold in the American communications industry. 'We've known for a long time that this infrastructure has been vulnerable and was likely subject to attack,' said Marc Rogers, a cybersecurity and telecommunications expert. 'What this shows us is that it was attacked, and that going as far back as 2023, the Chinese were compromising our telecom companies.' Investigators linked the sophisticated rootkit malware Demodex to China's Ministry of State Security, noting it enabled deep, stealthy access to systems and remained undetected on a U.S. defense-linked company's network until early 2024. A Chinese government spokesperson denied responsibility for cyberattacks and accused the U.S. and its allies of spreading disinformation and conducting cyber operations against China. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/05/0023243/chinese-hacked-us-telecom-a-year-before-known-wireles...
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