{"id":2359733,"date":"2024-10-25T16:52:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-china-hacked-trump-and-vances-phones-in-massive-security-breach-report\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T16:53:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:53:52","slug":"breaking-china-hacked-trump-and-vances-phones-in-massive-security-breach-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-china-hacked-trump-and-vances-phones-in-massive-security-breach-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: China Hacked Trump and Vance&#8217;s Phones in Massive Security Breach &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-china-hacked-trump-and-vances-phones-in-massive-security-breach-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2359733&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Recent\u2062 reports indicate \u200dthat Chinese\u2062 hackers\u200c have \u2064successfully accessed sensitive \u200dinformation from \u200dthe personal phones\u200b of former President Donald Trump and Senator J.D. Vance, with investigations linking these\u2064 breaches to various American telecommunications \u200csystems, particularly Verizon. The Trump campaign was informed of these cyber attacks earlier this week, with the \u2062news\u2063 breaking through an\u2063 anonymous report by The\u200c New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>While it remains unclear what specific data was stolen,\u2064 it is believed that the hackers may have gained insights into\u200d the communications of Trump and Vance, including records of their calls and texts. \u2064The attack is part of a broader pattern of cyber espionage attributed \u200dto \u2063Chinese hackers, \u200bwho have previously infiltrated multiple\u2062 U.S. internet service providers under a campaign known \u2063as &#8220;Salt Typhoon.&#8221;\u200d This incident follows earlier\u200b attempts by Iranian hackers to compromise Trump\u2019s campaign communications, prompting a significant\u200b ramp-up in\u2062 security measures from the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Trump\u200d campaign has not released \u200dan official statement regarding \u2062the recent breach, there are implications\u200d that the \u200bWhite House and Vice President Kamala Harris may bear some responsibility \u2063for allowing\u2064 such foreign intrusions \u2062to occur.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe Chinese hackers gained access to the information stored on the phones of former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance.<\/p>\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2021-a-year-of-massive-big-tech-fails\/\" title=\"2021: A Year of Massive Big Tech Fails\">hackers reportedly gained access<\/a> to various American telecommunications systems, including &mdash; in this specific case &mdash; Verizon phone systems, which helped them acquire the data of specific, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">individual cell phone devices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-campaign-turns-clip-kamalas-nbc-interview-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump campaign<\/a> was alerted of the cyber attacks earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>News of the attacks broke Friday, thanks to an anonymously-sourced report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/25\/us\/politics\/trump-vance-hack.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told the Times that investigators have yet to determine what data exactly was stolen or accessed.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>But, given the sensitive nature of the communications that likely took place on the personal devices of the two Republican nominees, the data potentially acquired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-china-ignores-biden-harris-administration-engages-massive-military-exercise-sensitive-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> could be extremely valuable for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jan-6-electronic-surveillance-unit-was-illegal-says-rep-gohmert-attorney-suggests-entrapment\/\" title=\"Jan. 6 \u2018Electronic Surveillance Unit\u2019 Was \u2018Illegal,\u2019 Says Rep. Gohmert; Attorney Suggests \u2018Entrapment\u2019\">foreign intelligence purposes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the hackers may now know &ldquo;who [Trump and Vance] called and texted, how often they communicated with certain people, and how long they talked to those people &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-visit-joe-rogans-studio-texas-trip-episode-reach-millions-eleventh-hour-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> and Vance were far from the only victims of the cyber attack, however.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told the Times that they were among many different figures both &ldquo;inside and outside [the] government&rdquo; whose phones were targeted.<\/p>\n<p>This news comes only a few months after Chinese hackers were found to have broken into a number of U.S. internet service providers.<\/p>\n<p>An exclusive September report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/china-cyberattack-internet-providers-260bd835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> found that a Chinese &ldquo;hacking campaign&rdquo; called Salt Typhoon, was responsible for the earlier cyber attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The report revealed that the Salt Typhoon was evidence that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-digs-even-deeper-tries-explain-china-story-unraveled-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> had successfully launched an effective &ldquo;army of cyberspies&rdquo; to infiltrate secure networks and systems in the U.S. and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the more recent reported data breach, the Trump campaign was targeted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/malicious-iranian-actors-tried-give-info-stolen-trump-campaign-bidens-team-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian hackers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranians reportedly &ldquo;repeatedly targeted his inner circle with spearphishing s that were at least partly successful in gaining access to his campaign&rsquo;s communications and documents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Trump campaign ramped up its security efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has yet to put out an official statement on the cyber attack.<\/p>\n<p>However, one campaign representative told the Times that the White House and Vice President Kamala Harris hold some culpability for &ldquo;allowing a foreign adversary to target&rdquo; Trump and Vance.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Vance. These hackers allegedly infiltrated various U.S. telecommunications networks, particularly Verizon, allowing them to obtain data from specific cell phone devices. The Trump campaign was informed about these cyber attacks earlier this week, with news breaking on Friday through an anonymous report by The New York Times. Sources indicated that it remains unclear what specific data was stolen or accessed. Given the sensitive nature of communications likely conducted on their personal devices, the information obtained could be highly valuable for foreign intelligence purposes. Reports suggest that the hackers may now have insights into who Trump and Vance communicated with, how frequently they did so, and the duration of those conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Vance were not alone in being targeted; many individuals both within and outside government were affected by these cyber attacks. This incident follows a few months after Chinese hackers breached several U.S. internet service providers as part of a hacking campaign known as Salt Typhoon, which demonstrated China&#8217;s capability to deploy effective cyberspies to penetrate secure networks globally.<\/p>\n<p>Before this recent breach, Iranian hackers had also targeted Trump&#8217;s campaign by attempting spear-phishing attacks that partially succeeded in accessing communications and documents related to his campaign efforts. In response to these threats, the Trump campaign has increased its security measures but has not yet released an official statement regarding this latest attack. However, one representative suggested that both the White House and Vice President Kamala Harris share some responsibility for allowing foreign adversaries to target Trump and Vance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2359734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-and-Vance-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4501,11208,35028,3634,15469],"class_list":["post-2359733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-china","tag-hacking","tag-security-breach","tag-trump","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-and-Vance-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}