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US alleges China hacked calls of ‘very senior’ political figures, official says By Reuters
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US alleges China hacked calls of ‘very senior’ political figures, official says By Reuters

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By Tycoon Herald 2 Min Read Published December 7, 2024
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By Alexander Cornwell

MANAMA, Bahrain (Reuters) – The U.S. believes that an alleged sweeping Chinese language cyber espionage marketing campaign often called Salt Hurricane focused and recorded phone calls of “very senior” American political figures, a White Home official stated on Saturday.

The feedback by Anne Neuberger, the U.S. deputy nationwide safety advisor for cyber and rising know-how, to reporters on the Manama Dialogue regional safety convention in Bahrain’s capital revealed new particulars of the marketing campaign.

Whereas numerous Individuals’ metadata doubtless has been stolen, U.S. officers perceive that “the purpose of the operation was more focused,” Neuberger stated.

“We believe … the actual number of calls that they took, recorded and took, was really more focused on very senior political individuals,” she continued.

She didn’t elaborate, together with revealing the identities of those that have been focused.

Chinese language officers beforehand have described the allegations as disinformation and stated that Beijing “firmly opposes and combats cyber attacks and cyber theft in all forms.”

“We’re still investigating the scope and scale” of the hacking marketing campaign, Neuberger stated.

The New York Instances (NYSE:) in October reported that members of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s household and Biden administration officers have been amongst these focused by China-linked hackers who broke into telecommunications firms.

US alleges China hacked calls of ‘very senior’ political figures, official says By Reuters

A senior U.S. official this week stated dozens of firms worldwide have been struck by the hackers, together with at the least eight telecommunications and telecom infrastructure companies within the U.S.

U.S. officers have alleged the hackers’ targets included Verizon (NYSE:), AT&T (NYSE:), T-Cell, Lumen, and others and that phone audio intercepts together with a big tranche of name file information have been stolen.

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