US telecom carriers
Disclosed Nov 13, 20241 year agoUnverified
China's Salt Typhoon breaches US telecom networks and wiretap systems
The FBI and CISA confirmed that China-linked hackers known as Salt Typhoon compromised multiple US telecommunications companies, stealing customer call records, private communications of a limited number of people in government or politics, and data subject to law enforcement wiretap requests. AT&T and Verizon later said the intruders had been contained.
What is known
| People affected | Not stated in the sources we have |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Phone numbers, Messages, Other |
| Sector | Telecom · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| FBI confirms China-backed hackers breached US telecom giants to steal wiretap datatechcrunch.com · News | News |
| AT&T and Verizon say networks are secure after being breached by Salt Typhoontechcrunch.com · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Nov 13, 2024 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.