Viasat identified as victim in Chinese Salt Typhoon cyberespionage, Bloomberg News reports
June 17 (Reuters) - Viasat Inc (VSAT.O), opens new tab has been identified as a victim of the Chinese-linked Salt Typhoon cyberespionage operation during last year's presidential campaign, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.
The breach at the satellite communications firm was discovered earlier this year and Viasat has been working with the government in the aftermath, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Viasat did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the report.
U.S. officials have previously alleged that hackers targeted telecom companies such as Verizon (VZ.N), opens new tab, AT&T (T.N), opens new tab, Lumen (LUMN.N), opens new tab, and others, stealing telephone audio intercepts along with a significant amount of call record data.
In December, the officials added a ninth unnamed telecom company to the list of entities compromised by the Salt Typhoon hackers and said that the Chinese operatives gained access to networks with broad and full access, enabling them to "geolocate millions of individuals, to record phone calls at will".
Targets of Salt Typhoon reportedly included officials connected to the presidential campaigns of both Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
Chinese officials have previously dismissed the allegations as disinformation, asserting that Beijing "firmly opposes and combats cyber attacks and cyber theft in all forms".
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