Hackers tied to China targeted Trump family and Harris-Biden aides devices: report
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.The criminals took aim at dozens of powerfully connected Americans including Eric Trump, Jared Kushner, Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign staffers, diplomatic personnel, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other officials, sources told the New York Times on Tuesday.“Does this surprise anyone? Under Kamala and Biden, China has walked all over our country,” Eric Trump told the outlet in response to the news.
A source close to Kushner told The Post, “Everybody’s been trying to hack Jared, and that’s been the case for the past nine years, and there’s no indication that anyone got access to the data.”Investigators are not sure how much of others’ data may have been collected during the breach.Last week, the outlet reported that phones belonging to former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance were targeted by the group.
“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,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said at the time.In a joint statement, the US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI confirmed Friday that there had been “unauthorized access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure by actors affiliated with the People’s Republic of China.”CISA and the FBI stopped short of identifying the targets.Some cybersecurity experts have alleged that the attack came from Salt Typhoon, a group with ties to China.
But investigators cautioned that the inquiry is still ongoing.Salt Typhoon allegedly carried out advanced cyber attacks on behalf of the Chinese government in the p...