The U.S. government has confirmed that hackers with links to China breached multiple U.S. telecommunication service providers to access the wiretap systems used by law enforcement to surveil Americans. In a joint statement published on Monday, CISA and the FBI said they had uncovered 'a broad and significant' cyber espionage campaign that saw PRC-affiliated actors compromise networks at 'multiple telecommunications companies' in the United States. CISA and the FBI did not name the breached organizations, but AT&T, Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) and Verizon are among the telecom providers whose networks were breached, according to The Wall Street Journal. The WSJ reported that Chinese hackers had access to the networks 'for months or longer,' allowing them to collect 'internet traffic from internet service providers that count businesses large and small, and millions of Americans, as their customers.' The agencies did not name the targeted individuals, but said they 'are primarily...
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