Summary

A ninth U.S. telecom firm has been hacked in the Chinese espionage campaign “Salt Typhoon,” which gave Beijing access to private texts and calls of Americans, including senior government officials.

The Biden administration confirmed the breach after issuing guidance to detect Chinese hackers.

Officials call for mandatory cybersecurity regulations, as voluntary measures are deemed insufficient.

The FCC will address the issue next month, while further U.S. actions are expected.

China denies involvement.

  • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub
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    1 day ago

    Seems like the whole “a back door will be used by adversaries” people were right. Who would have thought? Sure seems like all the cops saying that they would be real safe, don’t worry, let’s break encryption so we can be more shitty were wrong. Fuck the cops. Use signal. Acab

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      If everything is stolen and public then you don’t need so much encryption. Get with the capitalistic program here.