Lumen’s confirmation comes after U.S. telecom giants AT&T and Verizon confirmed to TechCrunch that they had also secured their networks following their breaches. T-Mobile, another Salt Typhoon target, said last month that it had no evidence of hackers still in its systems.

Three months after reports surfaced about a cyberattack, called Salt Typhoon, targeting internet service providers and US wiretapping infrastructure, two of the largest telecom companies say they've made progress securing their networks against the threat.

The Chinese-linked Salt Typhoon cyberespionage operation targeted AT&T and Verizon's systems, but the wireless carriers' U.S. networks are now secure as they work with law enforcement and government officials,

U.S. telecom giants AT&T and Verizon say they have secured their networks after being targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon cyberespionage

AT&T blamed China for the hack. Verizon said a 'small number of high-profile customers in government and politics were specifically targeted' by a nation-state threat actor.

U.S. officials have added a ninth telecommunications company to the list of entities compromised by a sweeping Chinese-linked cyberespionage operation known as Salt Typhoon, a top White House official said Friday.

Chinese hackers called Salt Typhoon have infiltrated a ninth telecommunications firm, gaining access to information about millions of people, U.S. cybersecurity officials say.

Even in a year of high-profile Chinese cyberattacks, the Salt Typhoon campaign has stood out.

U.S. telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon Communications believe they have finally ejected Chinese cyber espionage hackers from their networks. The White