A high-level cyber-attack hit Americas biggest phone companies (including Verizon‚ AT&T‚ and Lumen Technologies) causing serious worries in Washington DC. The attack happened right before the election season
The hackers — known as Salt Typhoon by tech-savvy experts at Microsoft — got into these companies systems and listened to phone calls of political workers and important people. Its not just a small problem; the hackers managed to break through security of three big-name phone providers
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and CISA started looking into this mess: their main job is finding out how deep these hackers went into the networks. This whole thing makes people doubt Chinas words about staying out of US politics
- Verizon networks got hit
- AT&T systems were breached
- Lumen Technologies also faced attack
The timing of this cyber-attack — just before the election — makes things extra-complicated‚ because China keeps saying its not picking sides. But now everyone in DC is asking questions about what China really wants