Chinese hacking campaign stole thousands of U.S. mobile phone users' data, sources say

The intelligence-gathering operation exploited weaknesses in the networks of the nation's top telecommunications companies, officials said. It appeared to focus on users in Washington, D.C.

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[zudorir]

It's almost like this data shouldn't be stored outside of our phones.

[Jay-jml]

Americans are using Chinese cellphones. We use Chinese made telecom equipment so what do you expect.

[jk]

Your data gets sold by these big companies anyway. Suddenly it's a big deal when they manage to get it without paying

[sjenkins]

They're just upset that they didn't buy the information from them.

[hellosunshine]

And we act surprised? If you want to do business with the enemy.

[sethbrunfiedsr]

We should be able to sue the companies for letting our information out

[AlpineArts]

Everyone is already spied on. Talk about a topic, then get an ad related to that conversation on your phone.

[invisibilianone]

And the government doesn't ???
😂😂😂😂😂

[AdrianClavijo]

The Chinese has even hacked this comment section.

[changedlife]

Time to go back to snail mail and cursive

[mindE]

That sucks. Guess now I'm glad no one ever texts or calls me?

[ExceptionalLibra]

Months ago, I told my friends what was happening. They all laughed and said I was being paranoid. Now they are calling me to talk about it.

[bizzfo]

Nah the US government PRISM program was the largest telecom hack 😂

[mattrick]

If apple made their version of RCS encrypted we wouldn't need to worry bc the only info they'd get would be from spam SMS texts smh

[SkyDrifters]

When are we going to do something about this crap? And when do the telecoms start writing us checks for losing OUR data? Freaking ridiculous.

[qiupingliLiwaing]

Every once in a while, the Chinese hacker threat theory always pops up

[billcagle]

This. I've been debating on going back to a non smart phone. This just adds fire to my decision. Besides, if i dont have a smartphone, my face won't be stuck in it, and I can actually be SOCIAL in real life. Not virtually.

[patriciafettuccine]

Alrighty people, everybody FREAK OUT! 🤯😄

[Bugsy]

If you have a cellphone, somebody can see what you're doing regardless. Who cares whether the person watching has slanted brown eyes or large blue ones?

[WessyD]

this is why i dont have tiktok on my phone.