T-Mobile has issued a detailed response to reports of highly coordinated cyberattacks, allegedly carried out by groups linked to Chinese state-sponsored actors like “Salt Typhoon.” The telecommunications giant clarified that,

A recent confirmed T-Mobile hack has been attributed to Salt Typhoon, the Chinese cyber espionage team that also breached Verizon and AT&T earlier in the year. That means the hackers were able to penetrate all three of the country's major mobile carriers in 2024.

T-Mobile says the Chinese "Salt Typhoon" hackers who recently compromised its systems as part of a series of telecom breaches first hacked into some of its routers to explore ways to navigate laterally through the network.

Salt Typhoon's breach compromises U.S. telecom giants, including T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon. The hack exposes vulnerabilities in U.S. wiretapping systems, threatening national security and potentially the data of millions of Americans. T-Mobile claims limited damage, but the full scope of the breach is still unclear.

T-Mobile, one of America's largest wireless carriers, has confirmed it was compromised in a recent wave of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting U.S. telecom companies.

The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Salt Typhoon has been observed utilizing a new "GhostSpider" backdoor in attacks against telecommunication service providers.

T-Mobile details how Salt Typhoon accessed its routers It explained what the hacker's methods and how they were spotted T-Mobile's CSO stresses hackers didn't steal any data T-Mobile has revealed the hackers who recently targeted its infrastructure were seen running commands on its routers,

T-Mobile has severed its connection to the unnamed wireline provider, which it suspects may still be compromised.

The mobile carrier provided its first detailed rundown of how it stopped hackers from infiltrating its networks.