Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.

China's Salt Typhoon hackers are still actively targeting telecoms worldwide and have breached more U.S. telecommunications providers via unpatched Cisco IOS XE network devices.

Attacks continued through January, with China-backed hackers targeting devices linked to universities, telecoms, and ISPs, undeterred by significant media coverage and US sanctions.

Salt Typhoon continues its attacks against telecoms, security researchers reveal. According to the report, Salt Typhoon—tracked by Recorded Future as “RedMike”—breached up

Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing's super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks China's Salt Typhoon spy crew exploited vulnerabilities in Cisco devices to compromise at least seven devices linked to global telecom providers and other orgs,