New details are emerging about a hack of U.S. telecommunications companies by a Chinese-linked group that targeted U.S. officials and election staff. Now, The Wall Street Journal reports that the hacker’s access was even larger than previously reported, and that the communications of “potentially thousands of Americans” may have been affected. Ta.
Last week, the New York Times reported that FBI agents suspect that call records and SMS messages were accessed by a hacker group known as “Salt Typhoon.” The group reportedly targeted the cellphones of diplomats and government officials, as well as officials from both presidential campaigns.
Now, the Journal reports that the hackers, who “likely” worked for Chinese intelligence, spent “more than eight months” in U.S. communications infrastructure and may have been able to scoop up data on thousands of people. It is reported that. A person who was in contact with the subject.
The Journal confirmed earlier reports that the hackers “limited their targets to a few dozen selected political and national security figures.” But hackers who exploited routers used by carriers were reportedly able to “access the phone data of nearly every American who is a customer of the compromised carriers (a group that includes AT&T and Verizon). had the ability. Both AT&T and Verizon declined to comment on the report.
