Congressional staff emails hacked as part of Salt Typhoon campaign

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• Salt Typhoon allegedly compromised emails of US House committee staffers on China, foreign affairs, and defense
• Scope of intrusion remains unclear; FBI and White House have not commented publicly
• Group is part of China’s “Typhoon” nexus, known for telecom breaches

Salt Typhoon, infamous Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known best for their incursions into western telecommunications companies, was found snooping on western communications once again.