FBI warns: The US FBI and CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) warn iPhone and Android usersto, among others, They didn't send text messages. They are in the background hacker attacks by the Chinese group Salt Typhoonwhich attacked at least eight US telecommunications companies.
Hackers attacked companies: US officials released the names of the three attacked companies. They are: AT&T, Verizon and Lumen Technologies. The remaining five were not disclosed. If sending messages from Android to Android or from iPhone to iPhone is safe because Apple and Google messengers provide end-to-end encryption, sending messages from one to another does not, experts warn.
Metadata stolen: The hack by Chinese hackers is considered to be the largest attack on telecommunications companies in the US. The first reports on this subject appeared in September. However, the services warn that the attack may still continue. The hackers were supposed to steal metadata “large number” of people. One FBI official said the hackers were primarily interested in call records of people in the Washington area.
Encrypt your connections: A few days ago, agencies from the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand published a guide for telecommunications companies to help them protect themselves against hackers from China. Americans are encouraged to using encryption tools calling and sending text messages.
China rejects accusations: Anne Neuberger, deputy adviser for national security and emerging technologies, warned that victims of attacks by Chinese hackers “dozens of countries around the world” could have fallen. “China firmly opposes slanderous attacks from the USthey have no factual basis,” a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington commented by e-mail on the reports of the services about hackers.
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Sources: NBC News, Forbes, Banker, Benchmark.