Denmark’s Telecom Tango: Cyber Espionage Alert as State-Sponsored Hackers Waltz Across Europe
Denmark’s cybersecurity agency cranks the threat level dial from “meh” to “yikes” as state-sponsored campaigns target European telecom companies. With cyber espionage threats on the rise, Danish telecoms might start wishing they could just go back to worrying about spam calls.
Hot Take:
Denmark just dropped a cyber bombshell! The land of LEGO is warning that cyber espionage is coming for European telecom companies like a Viking raid. Looks like hackers have swapped their axes for keyboards, and they’re not building castles with these digital bricks!
Key Points:
- Denmark raises cyber threat level for its telecom sector from medium to high due to increased state-sponsored espionage.
- The threat includes nation-state actors, cyber activism, and criminal hackers with a penchant for ransomware.
- The Chinese APT group Salt Typhoon has been particularly busy, exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco and Fortinet devices.
- GTPDOOR, a Linux backdoor, has been attributed to the China-linked Light Basin group, targeting mobile networks globally.
- Telecommunication companies across multiple countries have been compromised, with sophisticated techniques like GTP tunneling.
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