U.S. officials stress Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack
FBI and CISA officials added it was impossible to predict when telecom companies would be safe from cyber attackers. The hacking campaign nicknamed Salt Typhoon by Microsoft is one of intelligence compromises in US history and is not been fully remediated. Officials said China hacked AT&T Verizon and Lumen Technologies to spy on consumers. Amid unprecedented cyberattack on telecom companies like AT&T and Verizon US officials have said that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communication stay hidden from hackers. In the call Tuesday two officials senior FBI official who asked not to be named and Jeff Greene assistant director for cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency both recommended using encrypted text apps to Americans who desire to minimize the chances of China intercepting their communications
