China's Salt Typhoon Adds Charter, Windstream to Telecom Victim List

A news brief reports that Chinese state-backed hackers known as Salt Typhoon have targeted multiple U.S. telecoms and ISPs — including recent allegations involving Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream and prior activity against AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen — with breaches that reportedly exposed text messages, voicemails, and calls. U.S. authorities (CISA, Treasury) and lawmakers are responding with guidance (use of end-to-end encryption), sanctions, and proposed telecom security measures to mitigate the widespread, state-linked campaign.