potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests. For months or longer, the hackers might have held access to network ...

"There is some indication [the lawful intercept system] was targeted," a US security official told the ... Internet service providers or the wiretap aspect.

The threat actors compromised wiretap systems used ... may have been targeted as part of the hacking campaign. The hackers also copied information related to US law enforcement requests ...

The attackers also had access to other tranches of more generic internet traffic, they said. The US DHS recently said thwarting Chinese hackers was a top security priority. A weekly newsletter by ...

Washington — Federal authorities are urgently investigating a cyberattack linked to China-backed hackers that targeted major ... for telecom companies' wiretapping systems.

The U.S. government has confirmed that hackers with links to China breached multiple U.S. telecommunication service providers to access the wiretap systems ... not name the targeted individuals ...

Chinese hackers accessed the networks of US broadband providers and obtained information from systems that the federal government uses for court-authorized wiretapping ... Chinese-sponsored Volt ...

Noting the apparent hacking of systems for court-ordered wiretap requests, Schneier called it "one more example of a backdoor access mechanism being targeted by the 'wrong' eavesdroppers." The US ...