China-linked Salt Typhoon group hack into U.S. internet providers – WSJ

Chinese government-linked hackers have gained access to a handful of U.S. internet service providers in recent months trying to gather sensitive information, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The report said a new group called Salt Typhoon was behind the hacking campaign that is linked to China, according to U.S. investigators’ findings.

Through Salt Typhoon’s campaign, actors linked to China burrowed into America’s broadband networks and aimed to establish a foothold within the infrastructure of cable and broadband providers that would allow them to access data stored by telecommunications companies or launch a damaging cyberattack, the WSJ report said.

Last week, U.S. officials said they had stopped a Chinese hacking group called Flax Typhoon and disrupted their network of more than 200,000 routers, cameras, and other internet-connected consumer devices that served as an entry point into U.S. networks. Early in the year, a group called Volt Typhoon from China was also stopped from infiltrating into critical U.S. infrastructure systems.