A White House official added a ninth US telecommunications company to the list of telecoms breached in a Chinese hacking campaign that impacted dozens of countries.

Neuberger first told reporters during an early December press briefing that the Chinese hacking group had breached eight US telecoms

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White House links ninth telecom breach to Chinese hackers

A White House official has added a ninth U.S. telecommunications company to the list of telecoms breached in a Chinese hacking campaign that impacted dozens of countries.

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U.S. begins to retaliate against China over hack of telecom networks

"We need to start going on offense and start imposing, I think, higher costs and consequences to private actors and nation state actors that continue to steal our data, that continue to spy on us."

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U.S. begins to retaliate against China over hack of telecom networks

The Commerce Department's action is a direct response to China's infiltration of telecom networks earlier this year.

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