US Gov Agency Urges Employees to Limit Phone Use After China ‘Salt Typhoon’ Hack

The US government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is directing employees to minimize the use of cellphones for work-related activities, following an intrusion into major telco systems attributed to Chinese government hackers.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, the agency sent an email to all employees and contractors with a simple directive: “Do NOT conduct CFPB work using mobile voice calls or text messages.”

The warning comes on the heels of a series of hacks into US telcos and broadband providers blamed on Salt Typhoon, a Chinese government-backed cyberespionage hacking operation. The group has reportedly broken into companies like Verizon, AT&T and Lumen Technologies and has used that access to surveil politicians and critical communications systems

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