Summary
Chinese hackers, identified as Salt Typhoon, have infiltrated U.S. telecommunications networks, intercepting phone calls and text messages by exploiting systems used for lawful wiretaps.
Senator Mark Warner called it “the worst telecom hack in our nation’s history,” with major carriers like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile affected.
The hackers gathered metadata and geolocation data on key American officials, but encrypted apps like Signal and iMessage remained secure.
Removing the hackers may require replacing outdated infrastructure, highlighting vulnerabilities in the U.S.’s fragmented telecom networks.
This is what happens when you break proper encryption for “lawful access”.
exploiting systems used for lawful wiretaps
I’m not the kind of person to say atoadaso, but you know what? Atoadaso! I fucking atoadaso!
That poor toad. Leave its aso alone!
Seriously, it’s not rocket appliances.
It’s almost like you can’t have a backdoor for just yourselves, crazy!
Well I have a backdoor in my house that no one has been able to access but me!
Checkmate, Foreign Intelligence!
It’s almost like all the software developers that claim creating back doors leaves software vulnerable to exploitation know what they’re talking about.
I wondered when that would happen. During the Clinton years congress passed a bill mandating lawful Intercept on telephone central offices. CALEA. It’s an open doorway.
“Lawful wiretaps” smh
