The recent Salt Typhoon cyberattacks may have breached more telecommunications providers than previously thought, with Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream all now believed to also have been affected.

The US Treasury has sanctioned Integrity Technology Group It claims the company was used in attacks on Western entities Both Integrity and the Chinese government criticize the decision A Chinese technology company allegedly tied to the notorious state-sponsored threat actor known as Flax Typhoon has been placed on the US blacklist.

US Treasury sanctioned Chinese company Integrity Tech for supporting state-sponsored group Flax Typhoon in hacking US critical infrastructure.

U.S. officials say the sanctioned Chinese firm provided botnet infrastructure for the China-backed hacking group Flax Typhoon

This is the first time AT&T and Verizon have publicly acknowledged being affected by Salt Typhoon. For most customers, there’s little reason to worry. Verizon told TechCrunch that the hacking group behind the breach had targeted "a small number of high-profile customers in government." Still, the full scope of the breach remains unclear.

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