The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warn of a sustained hacking campaign linked to China targeting commercial telecoms to steal user data and potentially record calls. They urge the public to use end-to-end encrypted messaging apps and phone calls for enhanced security.
The FBI and other agencies are encouraging people to use end-to-end encryption, citing what they say is a sustained hacking operation linked to China. In this 2021 photo, a smartphone's screen shows messaging apps including WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram.The warning from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency highlighted vulnerabilities in text messaging systems that millions of Americans use every day.
Galperin highlights another danger: A hacker who has managed to get your ID and password for a website can monitor your text messages to intercept a one-time passcode that's used in two-factor authentication .
"If you are in business, if you are a journalist, if you are somebody in contact with democracy protesters in Hong Kong or Shenzhen or Tibet, then you might want to assume that your phone calls and text messages are not safe from the Chinese government," Galperin of the EFF says. The FBI says that the attack was far broader than the CALEA system and that the hackers are still accessing telecom networks. The U.S. has been working since late spring to determine the extent of their activities. This month, the Biden administration said at least eight telecommunications infrastructure companies in the U.S., and possibly more, had been broken into by Chinese hackers.
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