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Chinese hackers reportedly targeted phones connected to Trump, Harris campaigns

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Newest development Oct 29, 2024 · 3 reportsHackers tied to China targeted Trump family and Harris-Biden aides’ devices: report

Chinese hackers reportedly targeted cellphones linked to presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, part of a larger espionage operation, U.S. officials confirmed.

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    Chinese hackers reportedly targeted phones connected to Trump, Harris campaigns

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  1. Fox News

    Chinese hackers attempted to breach Trump and Harris campaigns' cellphone data (opens Fox News)

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    Phones used by the Trump and Harris campaigns have reportedly been targeted by Chinese hackers. The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are investigating.

  2. CBS News

    Trump, Vance, Harris campaign potential targets in broad China-backed hacking operation (opens CBS News)

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    Federal authorities believe China-backed cybercriminals may have tried to tap into phones or networks used by Trump, Vance and Harris campaign staff, sources familiar with the matter confirmed.

  3. Washington Examiner

    Trump and Harris campaigns possible targets of Chinese hackers (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Trump campaign was reportedly informed this week that it was among those being targeted by Chinese hackers through the infiltration of Verizon phone systems.

  4. Foxla

    Chinese hackers reportedly targeted phones connected to Trump, Harris campaigns (opens Foxla)

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    Chinese hackers reportedly targeted cellphones linked to presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, part of a larger espionage operation, U.S. officials confirmed.

  5. Al Jazeera

    Trump, JD Vance mobiles and Harris campaign ‘target of Chinese hackers’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    FBI is investigating alleged access to mobile phone networks by people associated with Beijing.

  6. The Guardian

    Chinese hackers collected audio from a Trump campaign adviser’s calls – report (opens The Guardian)

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    The Washington Post reports Chinese state-affiliated hackers intercepted audio and texts from unnamed adviser

  7. New York Post

    Hackers tied to China targeted Trump family and Harris-Biden aides’ devices: report (opens New York Post)

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    Hackers tied to China targeted members of the Trump family, State Department officials and Harris-Biden administration aides during a shocking breach of US telecommunications systems, a new report says.

  8. CNN

    Chinese hackers targeted Eric Trump’s and Jared Kushner’s call data, sources say (opens CNN)

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    US officials believe Chinese government-linked hackers targeted Eric Trump and Jared Kushner’s call and text data as the scale of a sweeping cyber-espionage campaign targeting senior figures in both the Republican and Democratic parties comes into focus just days before the US election, with dozens …

  9. Fox News

    China-linked hacking group targets phones belonging to Trump family, Biden aides: report (opens Fox News)

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    The New York Times and CNN reported on Tuesday that Jared Kushner, Eric Trump and some of President Biden's aides have been targeted by hackers associated with the Chinese government.

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