China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House(theregister.com)
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China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House
https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/white_house_salt_typhoon/
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Well, this is what spies do, right? We do it, they do it. We all use the latest technology of the day to do it and we all try to prevent the other.
That the outcome of such efforts is published by the government impacted is interesting but that begs the question of what the actual goal of releasing the information is, right? That's the interesting bit here.
That the outcome of such efforts is published by the government impacted is interesting but that begs the question of what the actual goal of releasing the information is, right? That's the interesting bit here.
It should be the final nail in the coffin of Huawei's international telecoms business.
Ignoring the geopolitical implications of your comment.
They used unpatched exploits in EOL network gear made by linksys that were several years past their expiration date to get into this system and then moved laterally. The root cause is a lack of investment in backbone security.
I would like the actual problem be fixed instead of a scapegoat this time.
They used unpatched exploits in EOL network gear made by linksys that were several years past their expiration date to get into this system and then moved laterally. The root cause is a lack of investment in backbone security.
I would like the actual problem be fixed instead of a scapegoat this time.
A bit one-sided since this event also shows how filled with backdoors American telecom equipment is, no? To the point an adversary used them, other nations should be afraid of their American equipment also getting compromised.
I personally don't see how these actions are logically correlated, and moreover, I don't think it does anything to harden US critical infrastructure to beat the Huawei dead horse again.
The primary concern should be the fact that we've built infrastructure that is easily eavesdropped on by foreign adversaries. Heck, assuming these users weren't on DSN, we already have a solution: DSN. We also have mobile solutions, like asking politically vulnerable people to use Signal, or developing secure technology for these users to use.
The primary concern should be the fact that we've built infrastructure that is easily eavesdropped on by foreign adversaries. Heck, assuming these users weren't on DSN, we already have a solution: DSN. We also have mobile solutions, like asking politically vulnerable people to use Signal, or developing secure technology for these users to use.
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When does known espionage and hacking of nation's telecoms become an act of war?
When the state wants to go to war already and is looking for a justification.
Welp, not when the oligarch ruling classes on each side estimate they won't earn more from war than keeping the peace and continue being fed by their own people.
I'm disappointed, but not really surprised that top American officials are having important conversations over unencrypted channels.
Not too hard to pick up on the Vulture's underlining here: when the need for sovereign surveillance interferes with the need for foreign security