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Source: InfoWars
Chinese hackers have breached the US telecoms network and appear to have targeted Donald Trump and his running-mate JD Vance.
In a joint statement issued on Friday, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said they are “aggressively” investigating and attempting to mitigate a breach linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
“Agencies across the U.S. Government are collaborating to aggressively mitigate this threat and are coordinating with our industry partners to strengthen cyber defenses across the commercial communications sector,” CISA and the FBI stated.
The two agencies said that affected companies have been notified and provided with technical assistance.
No group has yet come forward to claim responsibility for the attack, and specific details of its nature have not been made public.
In response to reports that Donald Trump and JD Vance may have been targets of this latest hack, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung issued a statement.
“This is the continuation of election interference by Kamala Harris and Democrats who will stop at nothing, including emboldening China and Iran attacking critical American infrastructure, to prevent President Trump from returning to the White House,“ Cheung told
The Epoch Times.
”Their dangerous and violent rhetoric has given permission to those who wish to harm President Trump.”
Tech companies and security analysts have warned for some months of the threat of a cyberattack during the election.
In August, Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center reported that Iranian-linked hackers, known as “Mint Sandstorm,” targeted a high-ranking official within a U.S. presidential campaign.
The Mint Sandstorm cyberattack was confirmed by the Trump campaign, which attributed the breach to “foreign sources hostile to the United States.”
The US intelligence community recently warned that cyberattacks could be used beyond the election, because they “remain intent on fanning divisive narratives to divide Americans and undermine Americans’ confidence in the U.S. democratic system consistent with what they perceive to be in their interests.”
A memo from the National Intelligence Council states that foreign adversaries “might also consider stoking unrest and conducting localized cyber operations to disrupt election infrastructure.”