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China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Breached the US National Guard for Nearly a Year
Plus: Secret IRS data-sharing with ICE, a 20-year-old hackable vulnerability in train brakes, and more.
The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Salt Typhoon has already shocked the US once with the revelation last year that it had deeply penetrated American telecom systems, even targeting the text messages and phone conversations of citizens including then-candidates Donald Trump and JD Vance in real time. The Trump administration is developing a new digital system designed to grant Immigration and Customs Enforcement near-real-time access to sensitive data of taxpayers, including their home addresses. Internal blueprints, revealed by ProPublica on Tuesday, show that the system is designed to automate and expedite data exchanges “on demand,” bypassing traditional IRS safeguards that normally require case-by-case review and legal justification.
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