US Identifies Alleged Hacker Linked to Salt Typhoon Breaches

The US Treasury Department has named Yin Kecheng, a 39-year-old Chinese national, as the hacker behind espionage-driven intrusions into nine US telecommunications companies, breaches attributed to China-nexus Nation State adversary Salt Typhoon:

Salt Typhoon’s breach of US telecoms gave Chinese hackers enormous access to the real-time texts and phone calls of Americans, and was reportedly used to spy on president-elect Donald Trump and vice president-elect JD Vance, among other targets. FBI director Christopher Wray has called the telecom breaches China’s "most significant cyberespionage campaign in history.”

This breach marked a direct assault on American national security, granting China real-time eavesdropping capabilities on top U.S. leaders and the American public. The attacks are a stark reminder of the unchecked scope of modern cyber warfare.