Chinese hackers access US telecom firms, worrying national security officials | CNN Politics
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A highly skilled group of Chinese government-linked hackers has in the last several months infiltrated multiple US telecommunications firms in a likely search for sensitive information bearing on national security, multiple sources briefed on the matter told CNN.
  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
    111·
    3 months ago

    “We’ve done nothing to prevent it and we are absolutely stunned that it happened”

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
    111·
    3 months ago

    Anyone else remember when China threw a hissy fit about western countries prohibiting Huawei from competing for the contracts for the mobile phone system backend?

  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
    7·
    3 months ago

    What the article DOESN’T say: The way they accessed these telecom networks was through a backdoor INSTALLED by US Intelligence agencies.

    This is the reason why you don’t fucking put backdoors in your code/software/hardware. Security advocates consistently say “don’t fucking do that because it’ll be discovered and exploited by bad actors”…and yet…

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      52·
      3 months ago

      What the article DOESN’T say

      Well it’s a USA propaganda source. Ofc they hide facts in service of hegemony. They have spent the past year pushing disinformation in support of genocide. They lie about everything.