Infamous Chinese cyber-espionage threat actor Volt Typhoon, allegedly tied to the country’s government, breached Singtel last summer. A report on Bloomberg, citing “two people familiar with the matter”, claims hackers used a webshell to breach Singtel, which commented on the breach, but did not outright confirm it.

Singtel, Singapore’s largest mobile carrier, was breached by Chinese state-sponsored hackers this summer as part of a broader campaign against telecommunications companies and other critical infrastructure operators around the world,

(Reuters) - A China state-sponsored hacking group had breached Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) in June as a part of a global campaign targeting telecom companies and critical infrastructure operators, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

Alleged intrusion spotted in June Chinese government cyberspies Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singapore Telecommunications over the summer as part of their ongoing attacks against critical infrastructure operators.

"Like any other large organisation and key infrastructure service provider around the world, we are constantly probed," Singtel said.

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Singapore’s largest mobile carrier, was breached by Chinese state-sponsored hackers this summer as part of a broader campaign against telecommunications companies and other critical infrastructure operators around the world,