Canadian Centre for Cyber Security/FBI: People’s Republic of China cyber threat activity


The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) and the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are warning Canadians of the threat posed by People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber threat actor tracked in industry reporting as Salt Typhoon.

The Cyber Centre previously joined our partners in warning that PRC cyber actors have compromised networks of major global telecommunications providers to conduct a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign. This cyber bulletin aims to raise awareness of the threat posed by PRC cyber threat activity, particularly to Canadian telecommunications organizations, in light of new Salt Typhoon-related compromises of entities in Canada. The Cyber Centre is aware of malicious cyber activities currently targeting Canadian telecommunications companies. The responsible actors are almost certainly PRC state-sponsored actors, specifically Salt Typhoon.

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Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Cyber Division


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