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Chinese hackers access US telecom firms, worrying national security officials (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 2 points 19 hours ago

The article described the hackers having access to what’s called Lawful Intercept capabilities. In the telecom equipment I’ve worked with, this takes the form of voice call tapping, full packet capture of data, or just a capture of connections made.

If they had unfettered access to this functionality, they could have spied on anyone at length. Government officials, C suite people at companies…anyone.