CYBERSECURITY -

Joint Advisory Warns of Chinese-Sponsored Attacks on Telecommunications Companies -

A joint advisory issued June 7, 2022, by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and the National Security Agency entitled “People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Exploit Network Providers and Devices,” warns that Chinese-Sponsored cyber actors are exploiting “publicly known vulnerabilities in order to establish a broad network of compromised infrastructure.” The entities attacked by the hackers include “public and private sector organizations” such as telecommunications companies and network service providers.