The United States has accused China of conducting a vast cyber espionage operation that targeted multiple telecommunications networks. The hackers allegedly stole sensitive data and intercepted communications relating to a few government and political leaders. The incident raises national security concerns, in which officials are sounding warning bells.
US officials said that Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the systems of several telecom companies, looking to syphon away customer call records and gain unauthorised access to communication data. In some cases, the attackers allegedly copied information sought by US law enforcement through court-approved procedures, said analysts. That’s a disturbing breach of sensitive data.
This is receiving full-time investigation by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to help targeted companies. Officials said they are only slowly learning the extent of what happened, but preliminary reports indicate a sophisticated attack that probably reaches virtually everywhere in the country.
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