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How to make sure texts and calls are encrypted after the FBI’s warning about Chinese hackers

Federal officials warned Tuesday that a massive Chinese hacking operation against American telecommunications companies hasn’t yet been fully expelled and that the best way to hide communications from Beijing’s spies is to use encryption. Encryption is a technology that scrambles a message and requires a “key” to be able to see or hear it. Different […]

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T-Mobile hacked in massive Chinese breach of telecom networks, WSJ reports

(Reuters) -T-Mobile’s network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that gained entry into multiple U.S. and international telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter. Hackers linked to a Chinese intelligence agency were able to breach T-Mobile as part of a monthslong campaign […]