The expert and analyst at the Joseph Rennie Research Center, John Patrick Carroll, said in an interview with Al-Hurra TV that the success of hackers is linked to the Chinese government in intercepting phone calls and audio recording collection of several American figures. “a dangerous breach.”
The American newspaper “Washington Post” reported in a previous report that these hackers succeeded in intercepting phone calls and collecting audio recordings of several figures, including a consultant the campaign of the Republican candidate in the US presidential elections, Donald Trump.
The attack is believed to be part of a wider espionage operation carried out by a team linked to the Chinese government, known as Salt Typhoon.
Carroll believed that these hacks “revealed a divide between Republicans and Democrats,” he said: “These malicious acts that have been revealed are trying to undermine Americans’ faith in democracy… of threats strategic coming from countries like China.” .
He continued: “We don’t know what happened through the interception of those phone calls that belonged to the Trump campaign or the campaign of the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, or those of the Senate Majority Leader , Chuck Schumer.
Regarding ways to deal with these efforts, the expert replied: “Sanctions can be imposed on individuals who have done hacking work, as happened in the 2016 US elections, when hackers , with the support of the Russian government, negative activity through social media. , to undermine the electoral process.”
He said: “This issue also needs to be raised in diplomatic meetings with Chinese officials, and they need to be told about the seriousness of such actions, especially as there is a lot of division in the United States.” “
Carroll emphasized that there was no need to allow US institutions to be weakened through these harassments.
The American expert called for the main telecommunication companies in his country to fulfill their obligations to prevent piracy and harassment, saying: “When piracy activities are detected and the theft of data of citizens and officials, they (the companies) must ) contact the competent persons. authorities directly.”
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Border officials in Portland, Oregon, said a ballot box had been attacked with a similar incendiary device about 30 minutes earlier, but the fire suppression system inside the box stopped all of them. but three ballots from being spoiled.
Carroll also warned of the need for coordination between the private and public sectors on such issues, stressing the importance of investing more in cyber defense and the necessary infrastructure to prevent these activities. , he said.
According to the Washington Post, the hacking operation focused on unencrypted calls and short texts, while communications protected by full encryption were not affected, at a time when the American authorities are conducting investigations to obtain out how much the check was, while the FBI declined to comment. on the case.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Friday they were investigating unauthorized access to commercial communications infrastructure by people linked to China.
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2024-10-29 05:10:00
