US EditionChina-Backed Hackers 'Almost Certainly' Targeted Canada During Theft of Millions of Americans' Data
Salt Typhoon, backed by China, exploited known vulnerabilities to infiltrate critical sectors in over 80 countries, compromising data including personal info of nearly every American, officials say.
- On August 27, 2025, a joint advisory warned that Salt Typhoon targeted networks in roughly 80 countries, possibly stealing data on nearly every American.
- Investigators found the campaign was designed to give Chinese intelligence services the ability to identify and track targets by exploiting vulnerabilities in edge and backbone routers since at least 2021, focusing on critical sectors globally.
- Investigators found that the hackers breached at least six U.S. telecom companies and linked the campaign to Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong Information Technology, Sichuan Zhixin Ruijie Network Technology, and Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology; Cynthia Kaiser, former FBI cyber-division official, said she `can't imagine any American was spared given the breadth of the campaign.`
- U.S. and allied agencies have labeled the Salt Typhoon threat a national defence crisis, with the Treasury Department sanctioning Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology in January while CISA and NSA issued mitigation guidance.
- For Washington and its allies, the fallout means officials urge strengthening outdated U.S. infrastructure as analysts warn Beijing may exploit stolen data for decades, while allies condemn but hesitate on clear countermeasures.
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China-backed hackers 'almost certainly' targeted Canada during theft of millions of Americans' data
A Chinese hacking group that may have stolen information from nearly every American "almost certainly" targeted a Canadian telecommunications company as well, according to a warning from Canada's cyber intelligence agency.
One of the largest and longest cyberattacks against the telephone networks of the world's leading operators, the one perpetrated by the Chinese sponsored group Salt Typhoon, is even greater than estimated and may have obtained data from almost every American, according to The New York Times, which cites experts and senior officials who have investigated the group's activities for more than a year.
The Chinese cyberattack discovered last year in the United States may have affected the entire American population. This is what a former FBI official claims after a year of investigation. The US authorities have just updated their findings and are talking about an attack of extraordinary magnitude that has affected the industry, telecommunications, the political class, but also many other countries.
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