FBI says China’s Salt Typhoon hacked at least 200 US companies

Promoting a Chinese -backed hacking Had previously been hacked in nine US telecommunications and internet suppliers According to the FBI’s top cyber chief, at least 200 American companies are now confirmed.

FBI’s Assistant Director Brett Leatherman told the Washington Post that hackers, Dubbed salt typhoonAlso In 5 countries companies brokeFor the first time to publish the worldwide Chinese spy promotion.

Leatherman did not name the hacked companies. AT&T, VerizonAnd Lumer Was previously confirmed as breach, and Charter contact and windstream Were later named as suffering among others.

The hackers targeted the call record between veteran American politicians and officials, allowing them to map to map, and whom they were snapped with legal orders in the United States. For a period of time, the threat was so deadly FBI has called for Americans to switch to encrypted messaging applications Avoid access to their calls and messages.

FBI, including about two dozen international organizations, said A suggestion [PDF] Published on Wednesday This salt typhoon initially targets the company’s router and siffon sensitive network traffic and gives technical directions on how to detect infiltration.

Leatherman told the post that the threat from China was “ongoing”.