Hundreds of organizations were notified of potential Salt Typhoon compromise

"American cybersecurity officials are gearing up for a challenging period as they work to uncover and mitigate an extensive Chinese-backed cyber intrusion into the nation's telecommunications infrastructure."

"While a total of 80 firms were reported to have been infiltrated or used as stepping stones in the hack, that figure could be much higher, according to two people with knowledge of the ongoing U.S. investigation."

"Several hundred organizations... were notified over the past couple of months that they may be at risk of compromise, according to one of the people."

"Some of the vulnerabilities exploited by Salt Typhoon go back to 2018... Patches were issued, but the telecom companies never implemented them."

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