Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner says China-linked Salt Typhoon group listened to phone calls and read texts by hacking US telecom networks
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said hackers listened to phone calls and read texts by exploiting aging equipment …
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Discussion
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@yonetteajoseph
Yonette Joseph
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The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee is stunned by the scope of the breach. The hackers monitored by Trump and JD Vance. They read texts and listened to the calls of national security officials, politicians and staff. They looked at the numbers called, the length of …
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@wichmann.bsky.social
Casper Wichmann
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“The hackers were able to listen to phone calls and read text messages, reportedly exploiting the system U.S. authorities use to wiretap Americans in criminal cases. The worst part? The networks are still compromised and it may take incredibly drastic measures to boot them from…
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@mshelton.bsky.social
Martin
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“End-to-end encrypted communications such as those on the Signal platform are believed to be protected, officials said.” — It sounds like you're *almost* getting to the right answer..! www.washingtonpost.com/national- sec...
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@vermij.org
Johan Vermij
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Chinese APT Salt Typhoon penetrated deeply into US telecoms and used stolen passwords to focus mostly on the system that taps telephone conversations and texts under court orders www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
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@matthewkupfer.bsky.social
Matthew Kupfer
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Very alarming news about how #China penetrated the US telecom system. “We have to let the American people know this,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner said. “Folks need to know.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
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@jmhamiltonblog
J.M. Hamilton
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The Salt Typhoon telecom breach makes Colonial Pipeline and SolarWinds — major cyberattacks linked, respectively, to Russian-speaking criminals and to the Russian government — “look like child's play,” Warner said. [image]
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@gizmodo
@gizmodo
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The astonishing breach will soon be Trump's problem. https://gizmodo.com/...
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@ericgeller
Eric Geller
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“Though fewer than 150 victims have been identified and notified by the FBI — most of them in the D.C. region, the records of people those individuals have called or sent text messages to run into the ‘millions,’ [@MarkWarner] said, “and that number could go up dramatically.'”
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@sreemoytalukdar
Sreemoy Talukdar
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Chinese intelligence group ‘Salt Typhoon’ hacked deep into US telecom system and pulled off an audacious heist. It may have been able to monitor conv. held by (among others) Trump and Vance. I found the highlighted parts most interesting. https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
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@senblumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
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As shown by my hearing Tuesday, conflicts of interest enable & embolden China's widening spying & espionage. Hidden in plain sight, corporate actors are putting profits above our national security & economic wellbeing—exposing our data & systems to Chinese infiltration.
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@ericgeller
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.@adamski_morgan delivering #CyberWarCon keynote. [image]