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FBI Investigates Claims China Tried To Hack Donald Trump's Phone (ft.com)

(Friday October 25, 2024 @05:20PM (msmash) from the breaking-news dept.)


Joe Biden's administration is investigating alleged Chinese efforts to hack US telecoms infrastructure amid reports hackers had [1]targeted the phones of former president Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance . Financial Times:

> The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said they were investigating "unauthorised access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure by actors affiliated with the People's Republic of China."

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> The statement followed a report in the New York Times that Chinese hackers had accessed US telecoms networks and [2]targeted data on Trump and Vance's phones . The FBI declined to say if the hackers had targeted their phones.

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> Steven Cheung, Trump's campaign spokesperson, blamed the alleged attack on Kamala Harris, the US vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee. But he declined to say if US authorities had informed the campaign about the hacking effort.

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> Cheung said: "This is the continuation of election interference by Kamala Harris and Democrats who will stop at nothing, including emboldening China and Iran attacking critical American infrastructure, to prevent president Trump from returning to the White House. Their dangerous and violent rhetoric has given permission to those who wish to harm president Trump."

Further reading :

[3]Chinese Hackers Targeted Trump and Vance's Phone Data (CNN);

[4]China Sought To Hack Trump, Vance and Campaign Phones, Officials Say (Washington Post);

[5]Chinese Hackers Targeted Phones of Trump, Vance, and Harris Campaign (Wall Street Journal);

[6]US Investigating Breach of Telecoms by China-Linked Hackers (Bloomberg);

[7]Trump, Vance Potential Targets in Broad China-Backed Hacking Operation (CBS News);

[8]Chinese Hackers Attempted To Breach Trump, Vance Cellphone Data: Report (Fox News);

[9]Chinese Hackers Believed To Have Targeted Trump, Vance Cellphones: Sources (ABC News);

[10]Chinese Hackers Targeted Cellphones Used by Trump, Vance (Associated Press).



[1] https://www.ft.com/content/1002ebb9-f589-497b-aab9-689afa4cad7e

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/us/politics/trump-vance-hack.html

[3] https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/25/politics/chinese-hackers-targeted-trump-and-vances-phone-data/index.html

[4] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/10/25/trump-vance-phone-hack-china/

[5] https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/chinese-hackers-targeted-phones-of-trump-vance-and-harris-campaign-e04abbdf

[6] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-25/us-investigating-breach-of-telecoms-by-china-linked-hackers

[7] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-vance-potential-targets-china-backed-hacking-operation/

[8] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chinese-hackers-attempted-breach-trump-vance-cellphone-data

[9] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chinese-hackers-believed-targeted-trump-vance-cell-phones/story?id=115158629

[10] https://kesq.com/news/2024/10/25/ap-sources-chinese-hackers-targeted-cellphones-used-by-trump-vance/


Why would they? (Score:1)

by gweihir ( 88907 )

There is nothing of interest going to be on it. Trump does not know how to keep secrets.

Re: (Score:1)

by Moryath ( 553296 )

In other words, Treason J Trump is a security-nightmare pedophile dumbfuck who is a national security threat and who should be ineligible for holding office.

Re: (Score:1)

by gweihir ( 88907 )

You left some things out there, but yep, pretty accurate. The US constitution never expected somebody of _this_ low quality to ever make it to the office of president though, so there are no provisions for it.

Re: (Score:3)

by Marxist Hacker 42 ( 638312 ) *

The US Constitution was specifically designed to elect people of the lowest common denominator, in every role, including President. That's why government is always incompetent.

Re: (Score:2)

by toxonix ( 1793960 )

"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."

- That rules out ambitious foreigners and non-adults. Their immediate concern was probably that the King would could install a puppet government in the US within a f

if so, no biggie (Score:3)

by pitch2cv ( 1473939 )

The NSA helped the UK to breach EU infrastructure, from German and other govts to the backbones. That's just what they do to allies.

Imagine what they might do to competitors.

Sad state of govt actors, isn't it.

And yea, as for Trump.. if he'd know anything of relevance it'd be out in his socials soon enough.

but... why? (Score:2)

by jjaa ( 2041170 )

Wouldn't it be easier for Xi to just call Trump and ask directly. After all they're in good standing with one another, no?

How? (Score:2)

by willoughby ( 1367773 )

I would think you'd need either the IMEI or phone number in order to even try to "target" (whatever that means) a specific phone. Otherwise, how would you do it?

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