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What the system was designed for

2024-11-26 22:40:21.619067+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Law enforcement lobbying delivers large caliber footguns: China Wiretaps Americans in ‘Worst Hack in Our Nation’s History’

The hackers behind the infiltration of U.S. telecom infrastructure are known to Western intelligence agencies as Salt Typhoon, and this particular breach of U.S. equipment was first reported in early October by the Wall Street Journal. But Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, spoke with the Washington Post and New York Times this week to warn the public that this is so much worse than we initially thought, dubbing it “the worst telecom hack in our nation’s history.” And those articles based on Warner’s warnings were published late Thursday.

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