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Chinese state hackers reportedly accessed US wiretap systems.
The hackers worked their way into the networks of AT&T, Verizon, Lumen Technologies, and others, according to anonymous sources cited by The Wall Street Journal:
For months or longer, the hackers might have held access to network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawful U.S. requests for communications data, according to people familiar with the matter ... The attackers also had access to other tranches of more generic internet traffic, they said.
The US DHS recently said thwarting Chinese hackers was a top security priority.
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