Exclusive | U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack
AT&T and Verizon are among the broadband providers breached in the “Salt Typhoon” hack, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests.
Hasnain says:
This is why I always feel like everything should be e2e encrypted and that backdoors (err, law enforcement portals “for the good guys”) shouldn’t be allowed. There’s no way to do them securely.
“The surveillance systems believed to be at issue are used to cooperate with requests for domestic information related to criminal and national security investigations. Under federal law, telecommunications and broadband companies must allow authorities to intercept electronic information pursuant to a court order. It couldn’t be determined if systems that support foreign intelligence surveillance were also vulnerable in the breach.”
Posted on 2024-10-06T01:56:28+0000