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.

This includes AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen. Investigators suspect the hackers were looking for national security or other sensitive information.

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

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

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.