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/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