US officials are urging Americans to make calls and send text messages over encrypted apps to minimize the risk of private information falling into the hands of foreign adversaries who might still be lurking in America’s telecommunications networks, NBC News reports.

Many encrypted communications apps protect user correspondence with so-called E2EE, or end-to-end-encryption. Usually, messages are scrambled in a way that theoretically allows a communication app’s developer to read their contents. E2EEE scrambles messages before they leave the user’s device, which means not even the app developer can access it.

Chinese state hackers, known as Salt Typhoon, have breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries, President Biden's deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said today.

A senior U.S. official revealed Wednesday that a Chinese hacking group known as 'Salt Typhoon' has stolen metadata belonging to a significant number

The group has been targeting 'Cisco-specific features' to help it break into US telecommunication networks, according to a new advisory from the FBI and CISA.

U.S. government agencies will hold a classified briefing for all senators on Wednesday on China's alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to burrow deep into American telecommunications companies and steal data about U.

U.S. government agencies are expected to hold a closed-door briefing for all senators on Wednesday regarding the "Salt Typhoon" hack by China, which tried to steal data by nestling deep into the infrastructure of American telecommunications companies,