China's Salt Typhoon cyberspies continue their years-long hacking campaign targeting critical industries around the world, according to a joint security alert from cyber and law enforcement agencies across 13 countries.
The USA’s FBI and CISA first alerted the public about Salt Typhoon's " significant cyber espionage campaign " late last year, and later warned the Chinese snoops' telco intrusions allowed them to geo-locate millions of subscribers, monitor their internet traffic, and " record their phone calls – with victims reportedly including " President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance .”
It now appears that the hacking activities extended far beyond American telecommunications and federal networks .
"Active since at least 2019, these actors conducted a significant cyber-espi