Posted on 11/21/2024 10:23:17 AM PST by Still a Patriot
Multiple U.S. broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, have been breached by a Chinese hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The purpose of the attack appears to be intelligence collection as the hackers might have had access to systems used by the U.S. federal government for court-authorized network wiretapping requests.
It is unclear when the intrusion occurred, but WSJ cites people familiar with the matter, saying that "for months or longer, the hackers might have held access to network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawful U.S. requests for communications data."
Salt Typhoon is the name that Microsoft gave to this particular China-based threat actor. Other cybersecurity companies are tracking the adversary as Earth Estries (Trend Micro), FamousSparrow (ESET), Ghost Emperor (Kaspersky), and UNC2286 (Mandiant, now part of Google Cloud).
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Anybody tell the CIA or FBI? Nah! They don’t care.
“...Anybody tell the CIA or FBI? Nah! They don’t care...”
Knowing the communist regime in charge right now, they were probably ordered to actually assist em in it.
And only court-authorized, right? Who else is more alarmed by this line than the China thing.
“And only court-authorized, right? Who else is more alarmed by this line than the China thing.”
I cought the authorized court order line too. That is indeed more concerning than the “China thing”
Court authorized illegal spying is still illegal.
Exactly why Apple refused to create a back door for the feds for iPhone. Once they do it, it will be exploited.
So let’s admit it, none of our data is safe, no matter where it is.
The things money can buy indeed.
I can see now why Trump and friends are meeting face to face rather than just using the phones.
AT&T phone service has been sending non stop emergency warnings the past few days.
They all say “TESTING”
They are made in China so the Chinese can install them.
Hmm...so they’re saying that foreign governments might turn out to be as hostile and intrusive as the FBI already is?
Treason.
not yet the level of Clinton/Loral,
but U.S. CoC selling the rope since Nixon
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