Ap, Reuters and Afp
La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, October 26, 2024, p. 19
Washington. Chinese hackers involved in a spy operation targeted mobile phones used by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, his running mate JD Vance, and people associated with Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. sources related to the case reported.
Steven Cheung, communications director on the Trump campaign team, stated that Vice President Kamala Harris has emboldened China and Iran to attack American infrastructure in order to prevent Trump from returning to office (as president); Kamala’s team did not respond to requests for comment as of press time.
It was not specified what data they may have accessed through the unauthorized intervention, if any. The US authorities are investigating the matter, anonymous sources told the Associated Press agency.
The diary The New York Times reported that it was the infiltration of the telephone systems of the operator Verizon, in an attempted computer attack that would be part of a larger plan with an intelligence tinge by Chinese hackers.
Cybersecurity experts believe the operation was carried out by a group known as Salt Typhoon. Last month, the newspaper The Wall Street Journal reported that a cyberattack linked to the Chinese government had infiltrated some networks of American broadband providers, and may have obtained information from systems used by the federal government in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court wiretaps.
We are aware that a highly sophisticated nation-state actor reportedly attacked several US telecommunications providers to collect data.Verizon spokesman Rich Young reported to the AFP news agency.
FBI investigates
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) did not comment on the incident; However, together with the Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Security Agency, it issued a statement in which they assure that The US government is investigating unauthorized access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure by actors affiliated with the People’s Republic of China..
For its part, although the Chinese embassy in Washington indicated that it was not aware of the situation, it noted that Beijing opposes and combats cyber attacks and theft in all its forms.
Presidential elections are internal affairs of the United States. China has no intention and will not interfereemphasized an embassy spokesperson.
