Salt Typhoon’s latest victims include Charter, Consolidated, and Windstream, underscoring the widening scope of China's cyberespionage campaign against critical US infrastructure.

More U.S. companies have been added to the list of telecommunications firms hacked in a wave of breaches by a Chinese state-backed threat group tracked as Salt Typhoon.

Chinese hackers reportedly breached a U.S. government office responsible for reviewing foreign investments for national security threats as part of a cyberespionage

Chinese hackers breached the U.S. government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks, CNN reported on Friday, citing three U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

(Reuters) -Chinese hackers breached the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), a government agency that reviews foreign investments for national security risks, CNN reported on Friday, citing three U.

Chinese hackers breached the US government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks, three US officials familiar with the matter told CNN. CNN cybersecurity reporter Sean Lyngaas reports.

Chinese hackers have gained access to a system that belongs to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), a government organization that reviews significant purchases by foreigners in the country,

The hackers targeting the Treasury are dubbed Silk Typhoon, and previously mass-hacked thousands of corporate email servers.

Chinese hackers attacked the system of the American Committee on Foreign Investment, which assesses threats to the national security of the USA. The attack was part of a broader operation targeting the Treasury Department.