Sources: the US government launched an investigation into the Salt Typhoon hack after Microsoft alerted it and telecom companies about anomalies
Leaders of the big telecommunications companies were summoned to the White House to discuss strategies for overhauling the security …
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@jeffkemp.bsky.social
Jeff Kemp
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This feels like it's a big deal. Not sure why the coverage isn't painting it as such. — www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u... [image]
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@frank11285.bsky.social
Frank O'Donnell
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The extent of Salt Typhoon: “The penetration almost certainly gave China a road map to discover which of China's spies the United States has identified and which they have missed.”
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@ericliptonnyt.bsky.social
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Emerging Details of Chinese Hack Leave U.S. Officials Increasingly Concerned. Big telecommunications summoned to the White House to discuss strategies for overhauling the security amid growing alarm at the scope of a Chinese hack. (Sanger et al) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
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Gavin Sheridan
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Mad story www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
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@matthewstoller
Matt Stoller
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The most significant hack ever into U.S. telecoms was because IT security people did not protec their networks with ‘basic “multifactor authentication.”’ National security isn't James Bond, it's Veep. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@yonetteajoseph
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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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@anarcish.bsky.social
@anarcish.bsky.social
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For the entire history of information technology security experts have warned that once you make a back door to allow the government to legally access data, that back door becomes a vulnerability anyone can exploit — Sure enough now anyone with a team of hackers can get in — …
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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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@lionelbarber
Lionel Barber
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Most under-covered story bar none. Top senator calls Salt Typhoon 'worst telecom hack in our nation's history'. US Intelligence services appalled. Now suggestions that any American with a mobile phone is vulnerable https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@shashj
Shashank Joshi
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'The Chinese government espionage campaign that has deeply penetrated more than a dozen U.S. telecommunications companies is the “worst telecom hack in our nation's history — by far,” a senior U.S. senator told The Washington Post' https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@0xalexei
Alexei Bulazel
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When the nation needs it most, where is law enforcement-driven response to the Salt Typhoon cyber threat? Instead of punching back - or even cleaning the situation up - the Adults give us press releases, testimony, proposals of a report by DHS (wrong agency), and now regulation
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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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@nakashimae
Ellen Nakashima
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Sen. Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, calls Salt Typhoon “worst telecom hack in our nation's history” The Chinese state-affiliated hackers moved from telco network to another. They listened in real-time to calls. 1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@arekfurt
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Finally, some useful technical details here on the Salt Typhoon PRC telecom hacks. Wiretap collection systems themselves appear to have not been compromised. OTOH, as many suspected the scope of contact log theft seems to be in the millions of users. https://www.washingtonpost.co…
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The astonishing breach will soon be Trump's problem. https://gizmodo.com/...
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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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@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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