From Newsgroup: alt.security
https://www.
politico.com/news/2024/12/27/chinese-hackers-telco-access-00196082
Chinese hackers that gained access to U.S. telecommunications
networks in a sweeping cybersecurity breach were able to use
their positioning to geolocate millions of individuals and
record phone calls at will, deputy national security adviser
for cyber and emerging technology Anne Neuberger told reporters
on Friday.
A Chinese hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon infiltrated
U.S. telecommunication providers and used their covert access
to steal a trove of Americans’ cell phone records and listen
in on the conversations of senior U.S. political figures.
POLITICO previously reported that President-elect Donald
Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance and senior Biden
administration officials were among the known victims of
the hacking campaign.
. . .
Not good.
What else did they do beyond listen - upload
malware & spyware ? Sign themselves on to
your bank accounts ?
The more complex the communications infrastructure
the more sneaky ways to get into it - the software
is essentially un-debuggable and half the hardware
is Made In China.
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