China’s Salt Typhoon Brews Trouble for Canadian Telecoms: Cyber Storm Alert!
China-linked APT Salt Typhoon is conducting cyber espionage against Canadian telecom companies, proving once again that hackers and data breaches are the new peanut butter and jelly. Let’s just hope these telecoms have a good recipe for patching things up!
Hot Take:
Looks like the Chinese state-sponsored hackers, Salt Typhoon, are making waves again, this time targeting Canadian telecom companies with more stealth than a ninja at a blackout party. The Canadian Cyber Centre and the FBI are on their toes, but it seems like Salt Typhoon is playing a game of “catch me if you can” with a side of espionage pie. Talk about a salty situation!
Key Points:
- Salt Typhoon, a China-linked APT group, has been targeting Canadian telecom companies.
- The cyber espionage operation has been active for 1-2 years and affects several dozen countries.
- Exploits include unpatched Cisco IOS XE network devices, specifically CVE-2023-20198 and CVE-2023-20273.
- Canada’s Cyber Centre confirms Salt Typhoon’s activity, with the potential to target other sectors.
- The espionage focus is on extracting valuable data such as call logs and communications.
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