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NextImg:Chinese Government Appears to Have Stolen Data From Nearly Every American in Yearslong Cyberattack: Report

Chinese hackers appear to have pulled off their most ambitious assault yet on American privacy and intellectual property.

A sweeping, years-long campaign called Salt Typhoon reportedly reached into American networks with an unprecedented scale, according to The New York Times.

The victims included President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and likely almost every other U.S. citizen.

“I can’t imagine any American was spared given the breadth of the campaign,” Cynthia Kaiser, a former FBI cyber official, told The New York Times.

The outlet reported that the attack is believed to have infiltrated dozens of countries.

The hackers reportedly hit major telecommunications firms, transportation systems, lodging networks, government agencies, and military infrastructure.

In a joint statement, officials from nearly two dozen counties acknowledged the attack.

The FBI said the campaign had spread to 600 companies in 80 countries.

British and American officials described the Salt Typhoon as “unrestrained” and “indiscriminate.”

The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment from multiple outlets.

Analysts said the value of the stolen data could fuel artificial intelligence models or enable future cyberattacks.

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The attack illustrates “a deeper, troubling reality,” Anne Neuberger, a former U.S. official, wrote in Foreign Affairs.

China’s past hacks have included the Office of Personnel Management breach in 2014 and the 2021 Microsoft email server intrusion.

Unlike a previous hacking campaign called Volt Typhoon, which focused on disrupting U.S. critical infrastructure, Salt Typhoon appears to have been a mission to collect vast amounts of personal information beginning in 2019.

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