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T-Mobile Cyber Team Physically Cuts Cable to Remove Chinese Hackers From Network

T-Mobile’s security team resorted to an unusually low-tech fix for a high-tech problem in 2024, physically severing a network cable to cut off Chinese state-backed hackers’ access to its systems, according to new reporting from Bloomberg. The dramatic move came amid a sprawling espionage campaign that compromised telecom and internet infrastructure across the United States. […] The post T-Mobile Cyber Team Physically Cuts Cable to Remove Chinese Hackers From Network appeared first on Cyber Security News.
T-Mobile’s security team resorted to an unusually low-tech fix for a high-tech problem in 2024, physically severing a network cable to cut off Chinese state-backed hackers’ access to its systems, according to new reporting from Bloomberg. The dramatic move came amid a sprawling espionage campaign that compromised telecom and internet infrastructure across the United States. The intrusion…
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