Chinese hackers tried to break into Donald Trump and JD Vance’s cell phones

Chinese hackers tried to break into nan compartment phones of erstwhile President Donald Trump and Vice Presidential campaigner JD Vance by compromising US telecommunications systems, nationalist information sources person revealed to nan New York Times.

The blase hacking run targeted Verizon and whitethorn person gained entree to information aliases messages sent by Trump, 78, and Vance, 40, sources acquainted pinch it told nan outlet.

Other existent and erstwhile authorities officials were besides ensnared by nan Chinese hackers.

Trump and Vance were only informed of nan matter this week, though it remains unclear really galore communications — encrypted aliases unencrypted — were obtained by 1 of America’s main adversaries.

The US information officials uncovered nan nonstop telephone numbers targeted aft learning earlier this twelvemonth that a China-linked hacking group, Salt Typhoon, had infiltrated US telecoms systems.