Lumen, one of at least nine U.S. telecommunications firms reportedly compromised by Salt Typhoon hackers, says the Chinese hacking group is no longer in its network.
Lumen spokesperson Mark Molzen told TechCrunch that an independent forensic analysis confirmed the company ejected the Chinese actors from its network, adding that there is “no evidence that customer data was accessed” during the Salt Typhoon breach.
Lumen’s confirmation comes after U.S. telecom giants AT&T and Verizon confirmed to TechCrunch that they had also secured their networks following their breaches. T-Mobile, another Salt Typhoon target, said last month that it had no evidence of hackers still in its systems.
AT&T and Verizon both said that a small number of high-profile customers had their communications accessed. U.S. officials said last week that “less than 100” people were targeted in total, adding that most were high-ranking U.S. officials and politicians based in Washington D.C.
