CPO Magazine reports:
Surveillance systems used by the FBI for lawful foreign intelligence interception orders suffered a security breach recently, and investigators believe state-backed Chinese hackers are the culprits based on recent patterns of “suspicious activity.”
Inside sources have told media outlets that the investigation is in its early stages and the full severity and scope remain unknown.
… The inside sources provided a copy of a notification sent by the FBI to Congress as verification of the security breach and investigation. It makes clear that the hackers targeted an unclassified system related to the foreign intelligence surveillance systems used by the FBI during lawful investigations of suspects. It does not specify that the hackers had access to any surveillance target communications, but does list some materials that it contains such as pen register and trap and trace surveillance returns (used to monitor call metadata). It does specify that the personally identifiable information of some persons under investigation was present on the surveillance systems.
Read more at CPO Magazine.
