Viasat’s headquarters in Carlsbad, California. Photo: Viasat

Viasat has confirmed a report of ‘unauthorized access’ after Bloomberg reported Tuesday the company was one of the victims in the “Salt Typhoon” hack against telecommunications providers. 

Viasat did not share the details of the situation, but said in a statement to Via Satellite that “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.” 

Viasat said it is engaged with government partners in its investigation and is not providing more details “due to the sensitive nature of information sharing with government partners.” 

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

The Salt Typhoon hack last year involved Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrating U.S. telecommunications companies including internet service providers. The FBI and CISA confirmed unauthorized access in October of last year and an investigation by the U.S. government. 

Viasat operates consumer broadband service in the U.S. with satellite internet. 

In 2022, Viasat was famously the subject of a targeted denial of service attack on the KA-SAT satellite network in Europe just ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That incident brought to the forefront the importance of cybersecurity for satellite networks.