The Wall Street Journal reports that Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached networks of U.S. broadband providers, potentially gaining access to information about court-authorized wiretapping requests for months or longer.
U.S. broadband providers had their networks breached in a cyberattack tied to the Chinese government that targeted wiretap requests , The Wall Street Journal reports.
U.S. broadband providers had their networks breached in a cyberattack tied to the Chinese government that targeted wiretap requests, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.The attack may have allowed China to gain information on the American federal government's court-authorized network wiretapping requests, the newspaper found.
China denies allegations from Western governments and technology companies that it uses hackers to access government information. The cyber breach, carried out by the Chinese hacking group known as Salt Typhoon, poses serious national security risks, the WSJ reported.
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