U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden announced a new draft bill with the goal of securing American telephone networks and Americans’ communications in

The United States must do more to address hacking threats after China's alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate American telecommunications companies and steal data about U.S. calls, senators said at a hearing Wednesday.

Though commonly referred to as Salt Typhoon, the group has also been dubbed GhostEmperor, FamousSparrow, Earth Estries, and UNC2286. The name "Salt Typhoon" was given to it by Microsoft, which uses "Typhoon" to label all nation-state threat actors from China.

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson discusses how Chinese cyber espionage targets U.S. telecoms to steal Americans' information.

The FBI is still touting the debunked idea that its agents could access communications without opening a door to foreign hackers.

In response to a significant cyberattack attributed to Chinese state-sponsored group Salt Typhoon, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed stringent measures to enhance the cybersecurity of U.