Posted on 10/25/2024 4:25:39 PM PDT by thegagline
Chinese hackers tried to break into the cellphones of former President Donald Trump and GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance by compromising US telecommunications systems, a shocking breach revealed 11 days before the US election.
The sophisticated hacking campaign targeted Verizon and may have gained access to data or messages sent by Trump, 78, and Vance, 40. The hack was first reported Friday by the New York Times.
Trump and Vance were only informed of the situation this week, though it remains unclear how many communications — encrypted or unencrypted — were obtained or may be still accessible by one of America’s chief adversaries.
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Security officials uncovered the exact phone numbers targeted after learning earlier this year that a China-linked hacking group, Salt Typhoon, had infiltrated US telecoms systems.
The Chinese cyberattack of US broadband providers’ networks — including Verizon, AT&T and Lumen — may have also gotten access to data that the feds companies hand over to comply with any requests from the feds under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the Wall Street Journal reported in September.
Beijing’s intelligence services are believed to be behind the attack, which the Journal noted could also be seeking to monitor federal law enforcement — and had even unsuccessfully targeted one of their own journalists.
The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) acknowledged “unauthorized access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure by actors affiliated with the People’s Republic of China” in a joint statement Friday.
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Federal prosecutors said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) hackers barraged four Trump campaign operatives, current and former US government officials, journalists and others with phishing emails and were able to access some data of those who fell for the scheme by clicking links. ***
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Tim Walz had his friends in China do this for him.
Once Trump takes over we need to teach the commies a lesson or two. They have bribed Biden and hurt our Country accordingly but the games over this coming January. We may have to splash a few of their Migs to get their respect.
Chinese hookers tried to break into Donald Trump and JD Vance’s cellphones.
Infuriating news sources knew about the breach BEFORE Trump/Vance.
Protocols to protect against this are about three primary levels deep. Any “successful” hack won’t really learn anything significant. GPS triangulation is another story...
the headline suggests that they didn’t succeed. the body of the story suggests the opposite. vile reporting.
No ticky- no looky!
“Once Trump takes over we need to teach the commies a lesson or two. “
At one of his 2016 or 2020 rallies, he said he would “bomb the s#it” out of some country. Was he referring to China? I don’t remember.
From the article: “The sophisticated hacking campaign targeted Verizon and may have gained access to data or messages sent by Trump, 78, and Vance, 40.”
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Now, what in the world does their age have to do with anything? Other than to show bias, that is.
Remember when Trump said a “wiretap” of his calls were intercepting his information (2016). People laughed at the term. But he was still right.
There used to be a great two picture meme.
One: Trump, relaxed in his office on the phone: “Yes, so I want the kung-pao chicken with the egg roll and white rice. And just a moment, please. Barack, do you want anything?”
Two: Obama in another room somewhere listening and looking serious with headphones on.
Chinese hackers, likely hired by US alphabet agencies, tried to break into Trump’s and JD’s phones.
Tried to...
When fang fang bang bang won’t work the deep state chinese division tries alternate tactics
So? The FBI would have gladly given all the illegal wiretapping they are doing from the NSA’s data.
The FBI is not a US government institution, anyway.
It is an arm of the DNC and Russia.
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