China used three private companies to hack global telecoms, U.S. says

Three private Chinese companies helped China carry out one of the boldest hacking operations to date, including snooping on text messages from Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s campaigns in 2021 , according to a coalition of U.S. agencies and 12 allied governments. The operation, known as Salt Typhoon, hacked into telecommunication companies around the world, including AT&T and Verizon last year, allowing it to potentially access text and telephone communications between millions of people and track their locations.