On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 3:57 AM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke@gmail.com> wrote:
Re: compromise of lawful intercept / CALEA related features:
Uhm, which of course 'no one saw coming'...
Original URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/21/salt-typhoon-chi...
The hackers, part of a group dubbed Salt Typhoon, have been able to listen in on audio calls in real time and have in some cases moved from one telecom network to another, exploiting relationships of “trust,” said Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a former telecom venture capitalist. Warner added that intruders are still in the networks.
also, this very same thing played out a tad smaller (maybe? no one really fessed up) in ~2002-3? admittedly the person that MAY NOT have just been a patsy for some other larger thing (nation-state-actor) but.. we probably won't know.