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Trump's lawyer's phone tapped by Chinese hackers, FBI reveals what they managed to steal
2024-11-07 23:39:04 / BOTA
The FBI has informed one of President-elect Donald Trump's top lawyers that his cellphone was tapped by Chinese hackers, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as part of a broad operation targeting top US politicians. Republican and Democratic parties in the USA, an operation that has been underway for months.
The FBI informed the lawyer, Todd Blanche, last week that hackers were able to obtain some voice recordings and text messages from his phone, but none of the information was related to Trump, one of the sources said. The FBI gave Blanche, who has started using a different number after the incident, what the hackers had taken, including communications with the family, the source added.
Blanche is the second of two Trump lawyers believed to have been targeted by foreign hackers. CNN reported in August that attorney Lindsey Halligan had been targeted as part of an Iranian hacking effort, though the timing of the attempt and the extent of any possible breach of her devices or accounts remain unclear.
Chinese hackers have also targeted other senior figures in Trump's orbit, including Trump himself and Vice President-elect JD Vance. Other targets were Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his son Eric Trump, members of the Harris-Walz campaign and members of the Biden administration, according to previous CNN reports.
This sophisticated hacking effort has concerned national security officials because of the deep access Chinese hackers have gained to the call logs and text messages of prominent American dignitaries.
US officials investigating the hacking campaign, which has breached US telecommunications companies such as AT&T, Lumen and Verizon, consider the attack one of the most troubling for national security in recent years.
The Chinese government has denied US accusations that it is behind the attack.
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