California-based Viasat, which also owns London-based Inmarsat, says it was one of the victims in the “Salt Typhoon” hack against telecommunications providers. ‘Salt Typhoon’ is believed to be China-backed although China firmly denies involvement.

“Viasat and its independent third-party cybersecurity partner investigated a report of unauthorized access through a compromised device. Upon completing a thorough investigation, no evidence was found to suggest any impact to customers.”

In late 2024 US officials announced that hackers affiliated with Salt Typhoon had accessed the computer systems of nine US telecommunications companies, later acknowledged to include Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Spectrum, Lumen, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream, and now Verizon.

“Viasat believes that the incident has been remediated and has not detected any recent activity related to this event,” the company said.

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