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Salt Typhoon telecom breach remarkable for its ‘indiscriminate’ targeting, FBI official says

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One of the most notable elements of the monumental hack of major telecommunications companies is just how “indiscriminate” it was in its pursuit of data, a top FBI official said Wednesday. The FBI has been investigating the breach, which it has blamed on Chinese government hackers commonly known as Salt Typhoon. “What we found particularly remarkable in our investigation is the gigantic and seemingly indiscriminate collection of call records and…

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Salt Typhoon telecom breach remarkable for its ‘indiscriminate’ targeting, FBI official says

One of the most notable elements of the monumental hack of major telecommunications companies is just how “indiscriminate” it was in its pursuit of data, a top FBI official said Wednesday. The FBI has been investigating the breach, which it has blamed on Chinese government hackers commonly known as Salt Typhoon. “What we found particularly remarkable in our investigation is the gigantic and seemingly indiscriminate collection of call records and…

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Salt Typhoon cyberattack hit Cisco vulnerability in SA

South Africa’s telecommunications infrastructure has found itself in the eye of an international cyber storm. Cisco Talos, the cybersecurity research arm of Cisco, has been closely tracking Chinese state-backed Salt Typhoon’s activities, revealing a pattern of persistent and stealthy intrusions into critical network infrastructure. The sophisticated hacking group, which has primarily targeted major US telecommunications companies, has also been …

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Cisco Confirms Salt Typhoon Exploited CVE-2018-0171 to Target U.S. Telecom Networks

Cisco has confirmed that a Chinese threat actor known as Salt Typhoon gained access by likely abusing a known security flaw tracked as CVE-2018-0171, and by obtaining legitimate victim login credentials as part of a targeted campaign aimed at major U.S. telecommunications companies. "The threat actor then demonstrated their ability to persist in target environments across equipment from multiple

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Salt Typhoon hackers exploited stolen credentials and a 7-year-old software flaw in Cisco systems

Internet routing giant Cisco disclosed Thursday that the Salt Typhoon hacking group predominantly made use of stolen victim credentials — and in one instance exploited a seven-year-old, known vulnerability in its software — as part of a widespread hacking campaign where the group burrowed inside troves of telecommunications systems in the U.S. and around the world. Introduction to Malware Binary Triage (IMBT) Course Looking to level up your ski…

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