Chinese State-Backed Hackers Targeting Major Telecom Companies: US Security Agencies

The seals of the U.S. Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, and the Central Security Service in Fort Meade, Maryland, on March 13, 2015. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

U.S. security agencies have warned that hackers backed by the Chinese regime have been targeting “major telecommunications companies and network service providers” since 2020.

In a June 7 cybersecurity advisory, they urged those affected to take immediate remedial action.