A highly skilled group of Chinese government-linked hackers has in the last several months infiltrated multiple US telecommunications firms in a likely search for sensitive information bearing on national security,

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Chinese hackers accessed the networks of U.S. broadband providers and obtained information from systems that the federal government uses for court-authorized wiretapping, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

AT&T and Verizon are among the broadband providers breached in the “Salt Typhoon” hack, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests.

A cyberattack linked to the Chinese government has infiltrated the networks of US providers, likely gaining access to information from systems used by the federal government for court-ordered bugging requests.

U.S. broadband providers had networks breached in a cyberattack tied to the Chinese government that targeted wiretap requests, The Wall Street Journal reports.