Cybersecurity
NSA Investigating If Chinese Hackers Breached US Telecoms
- ‘Salt Typhoon’ group suspected in possible hack of wiretaps
- US agencies conducting ‘deep look’ into cyber-espionage case
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The US is in the early stages of an investigation into potential Chinese hacking of American telecommunications companies, according to a top intelligence official.
National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh said the NSA, along with other government agencies and some companies, “will be doing deep looks” into the cases but that it is premature to speak about specific firms.