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db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

China hacked Verizon, AT&T and Lumen using the FBI’s backdoor

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China hacked Verizon, AT&T and Lumen using the FBI’s backdoor

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db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago
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Pluralistic: China hacked Verizon, AT&T and Lumen using the FBI’s backdoor (07 Oct 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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    China USA hacked Verizon, AT&T and Lumen then left the door open for anybody else

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      If the door exists, then it can be opened

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      And this is why the NSA is supposed to close exploits rather than harvest them for surveillance.

      This is why surveillance backdoors are always bad, and you can’t math around that.

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        Can’t weasel around math you mean? They don’t think they can, it’s collateral damage.

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      US did not need to hack, they just said they need the key… How did china get these keys?

      Are our glowies selling state secrets now?

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        Oh hey, I found a random 8 year old video.

        Random…

        https://youtu.be/VPBH1eW28mo

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