{"id":111792,"date":"2024-10-08T13:33:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T06:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111792"},"modified":"2024-10-08T13:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T06:33:04","slug":"national-security-agency-investigates-chinese-hack-of-3-telecommunications-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111792","title":{"rendered":"National Security Agency investigates Chinese hack of 3 telecommunications companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-Story-Content-0\">\n<div class=\"StoryText-module_storyText__FWhP\">\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">WASHINGTON (TND) \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nsa.gov\/\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Security Agency<\/a> is investigating a hack that involves three major telecommunications firms; AT&amp;T, Verizon and Lumen Technologies.<\/p>\n<p>David Hyde, a professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University said based on the information being shared right now, some of the nation&#8217;s largest telecommunications providers appeared to have suffered a breach.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Due to these malicious actors which are currently believed to be associated with Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups,&#8221; Hyde said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a source with knowledge of the matter, the hackers may have been trying to access systems the federal government uses for court-approved electronic surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s particularly bad that the traffic these attackers would have been able to see would have some strong correlation in principle with activities of the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement communities,&#8221; said Hyde.<\/p>\n<p>Milos Manic, director of the cybersecurity program at Virginia Commonwealth University said that telecommunications companies are usually prime targets for hackers because of the information being stored.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Companies like that are target reaching because they have massive amounts of very sensitive data,&#8221; Manic said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As for what was potentially stolen, Manic said he&#8217;d rather not speculate as right now, not much is being shared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not in (the) interest of national security to publicize the details,&#8221; said Manic.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from China&#8217;s embassy in Washington responded to the allegations, saying in a statement that the U.S. intelligence community and cybersecurity companies are spreading disinformation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/local12.com\/news\/nation-world\/national-security-agency-investigates-chinese-hack-of-3-telecommunications-companies-att-verizon-lumen-technologies-surveillance-federal-government\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (TND) \u2014 The National Security Agency is investigating a hack that involves three major telecommunications firms; AT&amp;T, Verizon and Lumen Technologies. 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