China’s Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies

The Norwegian authorities has accused the Chinese-backed hacking radical known arsenic Salt Typhoon of breaking into respective organizations successful the country. 

In a report published connected Friday, the Norwegian Police Security Service said the hacking group, believed to beryllium moving for the Chinese government, targeted susceptible web devices to behaviour espionage.

Norway is the latest state to corroborate a Salt Typhoon-related intrusion. 

Salt Typhoon, which elder U.S. nationalist information officials person described arsenic an “epoch-defining threat,” has for years stealthily hacked into the networks of captious infrastructure organizations astir the world, including telecom providers successful Canada and the United States, wherever they allegedly intercepted the communications of elder politicians. This bid of breaches put pressure connected telcos to improve their security. 

The study did not supply galore details astir the hacking run targeting the country. A spokesperson for Norway’s embassy successful the U.S. did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.