Congressional Research Service Report Sheds Light on October Telecommunications Attack by PRC-Linked Threat Actor

In early October 2025, several media outlets reported that United States telecommunications services had been infiltrated by state affiliated threat actors linked to the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). These reports were followed by a joint press release on October 25, 2024 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) stating that the government is investigating “the unauthorized access to commercial telecommunications…
By: Alston & Bird