Investigation into the incident revealed no impact on customers
U.S. satellite communications company Viasat was reported to have been compromised by Chinese state-sponsored threat group Salt Typhoon.
In the impact was part of a cyberespionage campaign in the lead up to last year's presidential election, according to Reuters.
Investigation into the incident, which individuals close to the matter noted to have been discovered earlier this year, has revealed no impact on customers, said Viasat in a statement. "Viasat believes that the incident has been remediated and has not detected any recent activity related to this event," the firm added.
Such a development comes months after U.S. officials confirmed that nine telecommunications firms, including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies, had been infiltrated by Salt Typhoon in attacks that enabled widespread geolocation and phone recording activities, impacting officials involved in the campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Kamala Harris. Officials' claims have since been refuted by China, which regarded the statements as disinformation.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
