A Wall Street Journal report indicates that Chinese cyberspies from the group Salt Typhoon hacked networks of major U.S. broadband providers like Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially compromising wiretapping systems used for court-ordered surveillance and access to domestic data shared with law enforcement.
The breach may allow these Chinese state-backed hackers to monitor 'generic internet traffic' from individuals and businesses in the U.S., raising significant security concerns about privacy and the integrity of data shared with law enforcement.
While the FBI requires court orders to intercept electronic communications, there are instances where network providers may grant surveillance access without warrants, further complicating the privacy landscape amidst these security breaches.
Ongoing investigations by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and private security experts aim to determine the extent of the data compromised during the Salt Typhoon incident and its implications for national security.
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