T-Mobile’s network was one of the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that gained access to several U.S. and international telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. .
Hackers linked to a Chinese intelligence agency were able to break into T-Mobile as part of a month-long campaign to spy on the cellphone communications of high-value intelligence targets, the Journal said, without disclosing when the attack occurred. Was.
“T-Mobile is closely monitoring this industry-wide attack,” a company spokesperson told Reuters in an email.
“At this time, T-Mobile systems and data have not been impacted in any significant way, and we have no evidence of impact to customer information.”
According to the WSJ report, it was unclear what information about T-Mobile customers’ call and communication records was taken.
On Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and US cyber surveillance agency CISA said China-linked hackers intercepted surveillance data intended for US law enforcement agencies after breaking into an unspecified number of telecommunications companies.
Earlier in October, the Journal reported that Chinese hackers accessed the networks of US broadband providers including Verizon Communications, AT&T and Lumen Technologies and obtained information from systems used by the federal government for court-authorized wiretapping.
Beijing has previously denied claims by the US government and others that it has used hackers to break into foreign computer systems.
