According to Canada, the carrier was breached by China-related spying hacking

The Canadian government and the FBI say they know about malicious activities targeting telecommunications companies across Canada. Salted typhoon.

in Joint recommendation late FridayFED said at least one unnamed Canadian carrier was hacked in mid-February this year, and hackers operated three Cisco routers to allow stealth traffic collections from the network.

The federal government says separate investigations suggest that salt typhoon targeting is “wideer than the communications sector.”

Salt typhoons that have not been active since at least the second half of 2024 Targeted our phone giants and internet providersand recently Data Center Hostas part of a wide range of espionage activities aimed at gathering information about senior US government officials. Salt Typhoon is one of several hacking groups related to China It is thought to be prepared For China to launch Potential Taiwan invasion by 2027.

A joint Canada-FBI consultation said the hackers will “almost certainly” last “for the next two years” to target Canadian organizations.