US officials suspect a recent Chinese hacking and espionage campaign has stolen data from hundreds of thousands of American mobile phone users, likely affecting over a million customers. The operation exploited weaknesses in the communications networks of top telecom companies, revealing details about users' conversations and locations.
The Chinese and United States flags are flown outside the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.U.S. officials suspect that a recently discovered Chinese hacking and espionage campaign scooped up data on hundreds of thousands of American mobile phone users, likely stealing information about more than 1 million customers, ABC News has learned.
China initially appeared to have focused on a huge swath of mobile phone users in the national capital region. The people who briefed ABC News declined to provide numbers, but ABC News was able get more detailed information through a number of interviews. Although it is not clear how deep the spying went on specific targets, sources tell ABC News that a number of those high ranking government officials and high profile Americans have been informed that they were potential victims., Vice President-elect JD Vance, some staff of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, one of Trump’s defense attorneys, Todd Blanche, and leaders in both political campaigns were targeted.
The investigation has revealed that China’s campaign exploited U.S. computer routers serving telecom corporations, giving them the gateway to the phone numbers of significant numbers of customers of Verizon, AT&T, Lumen Technologies and other telecommunications companies.
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