WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of

U.S. lawmakers on Friday asked AT&T ( T ), Verizon

Communications ( VZ ), and Lumen Technologies ( LUMN ) to answer

questions after a report Chinese hackers accessed the networks

of U.S. broadband providers.

The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday hackers obtained

information from systems the federal government uses for

court-authorized wiretapping and said the three companies among

the telecoms companies whose networks were breached by the

recently discovered intrusion. House Energy and Commerce Chair

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican, and the top Democrat on

the panel Representative Frank Pallone and others asked the

three companies to answer questions and seeking a briefing.