Telecommunications Sector Sees a Four-fold Jump in Ransomware Attacks in last 4 Years: Report

**Telecommunications Sector Threat Landscape 2025 (executive summary):** The Cyble report documents a highly hostile 2025 for global telecoms with 444 incidents (90 confirmed ransomware attacks), concentrated activity by groups such as Qilin/Akira/Play, China-linked Salt Typhoon espionage exploiting network-edge device vulnerabilities, supply-chain impacts across carriers and vendors, and widespread exfiltration and underground sale of customer PII, resulting in sustained operational disruption and elevated systemic risk.