China-Backed Salt Typhoon Hacking Group Remains Embedded in US Telecommunications

Chinese state-backed hacking group Salt Typhoon is engaged in an ongoing attack on vast swaths of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure.

People pass a Verizon store in Chicago on April 20, 2017. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Policymakers are scrambling to find a solution to stop a massive, ongoing hack of U.S. telecommunications networks by a Chinese state-backed cyber group known as Salt Typhoon.

House lawmakers received a classified briefing on the issue from intelligence leaders on Nov. 10, a week after a similar briefing was held for their counterparts in the Senate.