Re: Chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee calls salt typhoon "worst telecom hack in our nation's history"

[joel () joelesler net]

> On Nov 26, 2024, at 12:26, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 3:57 AM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com> wrote:
> > Re: compromise of lawful intercept / CALEA related features:
>
> Uhm, which of course 'no one saw coming'...
>
> > https://archive.is/jZt59
> >
> > Original URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/21/salt-typhoon-china-hack-telecom/
> >
> > The hackers, part of a group dubbed Salt Typhoon, have been able to listen in on audio calls in real time and have 
> > in some cases moved from one telecom network to another, exploiting relationships of “trust,” said Sen. Mark R. 
> > Warner (D-Virginia), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a former telecom venture capitalist. Warner 
> > added that intruders are still in the networks.
>
> also, this very same thing played out a tad smaller (maybe? no one
> really fessed up) in ~2002-3?
> admittedly the person that MAY NOT have just been a patsy for some
> other larger thing (nation-state-actor) but.. we probably won't know.

How could they have possibly hacked an intentional backdoor!?  No.  Get out.