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House Report Finds US Telecom Data Centers Exposed in Chinese Hack

Bloomberg • August 4, 2026

US telecommunications companies connected their systems to data centers and related infrastructure in a way that exposed them to cybersecurity vulnerabilities, potentially opening the door to the massive Salt Typhoon hacking campaign that breached several mobile carriers two years ago, according to a House committee.

The companies’ networks had routine pathways to equipment and data centers that may have been connected to three Chinese telecommunications firms that are otherwise prohibited from operating in the US, according to a report released Tuesday by the House Select Committee on China. Those connections created links between US telecom companies and the infrastructure breached by a Chinese hacking group known as Salt Typhoon.

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