Unfortunately, the ongoing Salt Typhoon hack is much larger and more serious than your average breach. Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Senator Mark R. Warner even labelled the Salt Typhoon attack the "worst telecom hack in [U.

The United States must do more to address hacking threats after China's alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate American telecommunications companies and steal data about U.S. calls, senators said at a hearing Wednesday.

The FBI is still touting the debunked idea that its agents could access communications without opening a door to foreign hackers.

U.S. intelligence sources indicate Chinese government-sponsored hackers have been secretly lurking around decrepit routers and switches for years.

Many encrypted communications apps protect user correspondence with so-called E2EE, or end-to-end-encryption. Usually, messages are scrambled in a way that theoretically allows a communication app’s developer to read their contents. E2EEE scrambles messages before they leave the user’s device, which means not even the app developer can access it.

The FCC has proposed requiring telecom companies to enhance the security of their networks against attacks and implementing an annual risk management requirement.

Officials say a Chinese hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon compromised at least eight of America’s telecoms networks. The intruders stole the call-record metadata of a “large number” of Americans. They gained access to the wiretap requests of security agencies—meaning they could work out if any Chinese spies or agents were under American surveillance.