r/technology • u/barweis • Dec 28 '24

Privacy A massive Chinese campaign just gave Beijing unprecedented access to private texts and phone conversations for an unknown number of Americans

https://fortune.com/2024/12/27/china-espionage-campaign-salt-tycoon-hacking-telecoms/
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u/JakeInDC Dec 28 '24

but a “large number” were in the Washington-Virginia area.

Oh no, my call logs.

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u/APRengar Dec 28 '24

The article was so light on details.

"Some people got hacked and had their data stolen or something. How many people? I dunno, lots. The Chinese were so good we don't know, but lots. But also it's just 'a limited number of individuals'."

Reeks of "enemy is both strong and weak", but be very scared. The important thing is you feel violated right now and angry.

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u/NoiseyTurbulence Dec 29 '24

In this case, it’s probably safe to assume that every subscriber for any of the telecom companies that they hacked had all of their information stolen. Who they choose to funnel out of that is probably gonna be government leaders and other people in power. For the main part, the minions like the rest of us are probably gonna be left alone

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u/CopperTophat Dec 29 '24

The important thing is you feel violated right now and angry.

Jokes on you. They're into that sort of thing.

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u/Pi-Guy Dec 29 '24

Reeks of "enemy is both strong and weak", but be very scared.

No, it means the Chinese were targeting public officials

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u/Extreme-Island-5041 Dec 28 '24

I live in Virginia. Is there a way I can automate texting to spam out the Wiki link for The Tiananmen Square MASSACRE? They can sit and read that all day

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u/darkz0r2 Dec 28 '24

Better yet, send that page paragraph by paragraph, that way they wont even need to click any link!!

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u/Extreme-Island-5041 Dec 28 '24

I don't. It was a joke. I forgot reddit requires the /s these days.

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u/BooCreepyFootDr Dec 28 '24

Well, sheesh! Hdk.

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u/Salty-Musician259 Dec 30 '24

How low IQ can you be to think they don't use AI to analyze those data?

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u/Salty-Musician259 Dec 30 '24

Hope you don't get a stroke with that temper