FROM NBC NEWS: Three private Chinese companies helped China carry out one of the boldest hacking operations to date, including snooping on text messages from Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s campaigns, according to a coalition of U.S. agencies and 12 allied governments.
The operation, known as Salt Typhoon, hacked into telecommunication companies around the world, including AT&T and Verizon last year, allowing it to potentially access text and telephone communications between millions of people and track their locations.
A 37-page technical report released Wednesday was signed by the FBI, the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as well as intelligence and law enforcement bodies from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom, among others. It said the campaign, which has been going on since 2021, also targeted government, transportation, lodging and military infrastructure networks around the world.
An FBI spokesperson said Salt Typhoon hacked over 200 companies in 80 countries, including a U.S. state’s National Guard network.
Three companies aiding China’s Ministry of State Security in the campaign are Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong Information Technology, Sichuan Zhixin Ruijie Network Technology, and Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology.
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