Chinese government-backed hackers have infiltrated major U.S. telecom networks, and officials are now struggling to remove their access, U.S. authorities announced Tuesday.
Jeff Greene, a senior official at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), pointed out the complexity of the situation, according to CNN. He explained that it’s tough to figure out just how bad the security breaches are and what to do about them because they don’t have all the information about where and how deep the problems go.
“We’re still figuring out just how deeply and where they’ve penetrated, so until we have a complete picture, it’s hard to know the exact parameters of how to kick them off,” Greene said.
A senior FBI official added that most telecom providers are actively working to uncover the full scope of activities by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), CNN…
