A group experts call Salt Typhoon is believed to be behind a sophisticated breach into major telecommunication companies that has taken aim at American leaders.
Category: Espionage and Intelligence Services
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Chinese Hackers Are Said to Have Targeted Phones Used by Trump and Vance
The Trump campaign was informed this week that hackers may have gained access to data from the phones through a breach of American telecommunications systems.
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Nicholas Daniloff, 89, Dies; Reporter’s Arrest in Moscow Ignited a Firestorm
A veteran foreign correspondent during the Cold War, he was held on trumped-up espionage charges. He credited President Ronald Reagan with fighting for his release.
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Oppenheimer’s Communist Past Draws New Attention
As Harvard and a top biographer square off, proponents of a middle path see a tangled life in which the superstar of science was, and was not, a true Communist at the same time.
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Edward Johnson, C.I.A. Hero in Iran Hostage Crisis, Dies at 81
He was a secret partner who helped rescue six American diplomats in 1980 by passing them off as a film crew. The caper inspired the movie “Argo.”
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U.S. Investigating Americans Who Worked With Russian State Television
The F.B.I. raided the homes of two prominent commentators on Russian state television channels as part of an effort to blunt attempts to influence November’s election.
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After CrowdStrike Causes Outage, Are U.S. Networks Safe?
With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge. The latest chaos wasn’t caused by an adversary, but it provided a road map of American vulnerabilities at a critical moment.