New details continue to emerge about the hacking of US telecommunications companies by a group linked to China US officials and campaign staff. now, The Wall Street Journal that hacker access was greater than previously reported and could affect the communications of “potentially thousands of Americans.”
last week, The New York Times The FBI said investigators suspected the call logs and text messages were accessed by a hacking group known as Salt Typhoon. The group reportedly targeted the phones of diplomats and government officials, as well as people associated with both presidential campaigns.
now, WSJ Hackers “probably” working for a Chinese intelligence agency say they spent “eight months or more” on US telecommunications infrastructure and were able to intercept the data of thousands of people connected to them. with targeted individuals.
The magazine confirmed earlier reports that the hackers “limited their targets to a few dozen select, high-value political and national security officials.” But the hackers, who reportedly used routers used by telecom firms, “a group that included AT&T and Verizon had access to the phone data of nearly every American who was a customer of the compromised carrier.” Both AT&T and Verizon declined to comment on the report.
