"In her remarks, Neuberger confirmed that nine telecommunications providers were impacted by the breaches, adding one more firm to the eight she acknowledged earlier this month. She noted that guidance was given to key U.S. telecommunications firms early on — a “hunting guide” and a “hardening guide” — that detailed Chinese hacking methods and allowed companies to “look for those techniques in their networks and call for help if they discover it.” This led to the determination that a ninth telco provider had been impacted by the same Salt Typhoon breach, alongside Lumen Technologies, AT&T, Verizon and others.

It’s unclear if the Chinese hackers have been fully evicted from all of the U.S. telecommunications networks. Earlier this month, Neuberger said that none of the providers have managed to oust the Chinese hackers from their networks, an assertion that some of the providers, including Lumen and AT&T, have refuted.

Neuberger explained that once Chinese hackers infiltrated telecommunication networks, they essentially had “broad and full access” to American data, which allowed them to “geolocate millions of individuals” and “record phone calls at will.”"

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/27/chinese-hackers-telco-access-00196082

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