How China-Backed Hackers Are Targeting Telecom and What Needs to Happen Next

SecurityScorecard analysts describe sustained Chinese-linked intrusions into global telecommunications infrastructure—including backbone and SOHO routers—where adversaries (Salt Typhoon and affiliated teams) have achieved long-term, stealthy access across hundreds to over a thousand nodes and targeted over 200 U.S. companies and more than 80 countries; the briefing highlights telco technical debt, supply-chain risk, and recommends continuous monitoring, prioritized remediation of high-risk flaws, and strengthened public–private information sharing and coordination.