attacks from “bad actors” who seemed to have tried to access sensitive data regarding their customers, reported Reuters.
The statement was also followed by reports that included “Salt Typhoon”, which is a cyberespionage operation that is linked with China. The operation targets telecommunications companies from the US and tries to acces and steal their data.
T-Mobile’s cybersecurity protected their customer data and information as the telecommunication company detected attacks from an unnamed “wireline provider's network that was connected to ours.", said Chief Security Officer Jeff Simon.
Even more so, Simon said that the defense helped to protect customers' information and prevent service disruptions by stopping the attack from progressing further. Simon also said that the hackers' identities are still unknown. "Bad actors had no access to sensitive customer data (including calls, voicemails, or texts).”
Yet, even though they do not know whether or not the hacker’s identity, they have similar “traits” to the hackers from Salt Typhoon, but “we don't know it's them.".
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Simone also wrote that T-Mobile also cut the network connection to the providers as they believed it was compromised. However, the provider’s name was kept secret. Simon also said that he represented the telecommunication platform in a meeting last week in order to discuss "large-scale, sophisticated national threats."
And, as a response this month FBI and the Cybersecurity&Infrastructure Security Agency stated that theory is looking into this situation as it can be a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign”.
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Bill O'Neill
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November 28, 2024 12:00 PM
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