Chinese hackers access US telecom firms, worrying national security officials | CNN Politics
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A highly skilled group of Chinese government-linked hackers has in the last several months infiltrated multiple US telecommunications firms in a likely search for sensitive information bearing on national security, multiple sources briefed on the matter told CNN.
  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    What the article DOESN’T say: The way they accessed these telecom networks was through a backdoor INSTALLED by US Intelligence agencies.

    This is the reason why you don’t fucking put backdoors in your code/software/hardware. Security advocates consistently say “don’t fucking do that because it’ll be discovered and exploited by bad actors”…and yet…