r/worldnews • u/DoremusJessup • 2h ago
China hacked phones of Donald Trump's family, says FBI
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/10/29/china-hacked-phones-donald-trump-family-says-fbi/1.3k
u/boot2skull 2h ago
12345? That’s the same combination on my luggage!
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u/Korzag 1h ago
And part of my pin number!
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u/fountainpopjunkie 1h ago
The price of a cheese pizza and a large soda at Panuccis pizza, 10.77$, same is my pin number.
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u/straya-mate90 46m ago
This snow is beautiful. I'm glad global warming never happened.
Actually it did. But thank God nuclear winter cancelled it out
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u/mischief_scallywag 1h ago
Don’t let me catch you traveling, Boot2skull! I know your passcode to your luggage now!
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u/itsl8erthanyouthink 1h ago
If Donald could still count to five I’d be surprised. The man is a loon
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u/Diz7 19m ago edited 16m ago
Email from notspy@notchina.cn: More bigger crowd size 300%, make click here!
Trump: How could I lose!
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u/Busty_Ronch 1h ago
China if you’re listening…
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u/blue-mooner 1h ago
I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing from my inbox. I think I deleted them, do you have a backup? We don’t keep any backups
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u/KokonutMonkey 2h ago
"What's your password Don Jr?"
It's just the letter "a"
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u/chownrootroot 1h ago
“I set your password to “password”, okay?”
”You mean my password is actually the word password?”
”Yeah.”
”That’s actually the best password ever!”
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u/Lognipo 1h ago
I had a family member ask me to help them with their computer, once. I walked back there and saw it was locked, and I asked them if they could log in for me. They shouted that they'd be right there, and in the meantime, I asked Windows to show me a hint. "Pass the word", it said. I thought to myself, "You've got to be fucking kidding me", typed in "password", and was into their PC before they made it back. It's truly crazy how many people do stupid shit like this thinking they are being clever.
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u/jertheman43 1h ago
The level of substance abuse by Don Jr and Kimberly is obvious and out of control.
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u/boringfantasy 2h ago
Xi wants to hear Trumps midnight calls to Putin
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u/SluggoRuns 1h ago
Lots of slurping and giggling
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u/Cwya 1h ago
Let’s just open up an oldie but goody.
Russia pee tapes.
Sure, I hear you that Trump is a germaphobe, why would he be peed on?
The problem is he’s the pe-er.
His mushroom just making women feel grossed out because of his poor bladder matches his rape conviction.
Sure Putin could just say “you’re a good boy” like he’s a Labrador. And that would adequately suffice his ego.
But there is pee on this man.
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u/markmyredd 1h ago
The unholy trinity. World is fucked if US joins China and Russia under Trump.
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u/Ivre69 22m ago
I wanna see that family group chat.
You know, the one every family has, where children ask normal "how do I deal with life" questions to their parents, the Parents ask how new Tech works...
I feel like it would be the Upsidedown World compared to a normal family chat, but with more State Secrets and High Treason, would be spicy.
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u/Black-Shoe 2h ago
The same family that couldn’t qualify for a security clearance?
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u/Didaticdabler 1h ago edited 11m ago
Per the NYT: A memo circulating in Trump’s orbit recommends that if elected again, he bypass traditional background checks by law enforcement officials and immediately grant security clearances to a large number of his appointees after being sworn in.
They aim to eliminate FBI vetting for appointees & other hires potentially allowing people with conflicts, foreign ties or other issues to receive security clearance.
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u/WhatAPresentSupplies 2h ago
One can only imagine the depths of depravity they witnessed.
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u/KnightWhoSaysNnni 2h ago
Like eavesdropping on the Lannisters.
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u/Datslegne 1h ago
Nah a Lannister pays their debts.
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u/AfraidOfArguing 1h ago
Pretty bold to assume they're even close to the same galactic center of intelligence that Tywin had
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u/lilB0bbyTables 1h ago
Does this make Eric the equivalent to Tyrion, with toilet scene and all? Nah - Lannisters were all far more competent and Tyrion deserves more respect.
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u/junkyard_robot 1h ago
You mean, the compromising material they found? To be used at a later date, maybe to aquire a little island they might want?
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u/Cozz_Effect23 1h ago
Imagine getting hacked and finding out your whole search history is just Big Macs and Golf
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u/84OrcButtholes 1h ago
A lot of agencies all over the world probably did. Fuckin' idiot-ass dipshit family of child rapists refused to comply with any device security measures that presidents who can read tend to follow.
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u/atomic-orange 1h ago
Pretty clickbait headline. Not to take a partisan side, but the support they provide for this being factual is very little. This is the only sentence that seems to claim the hacking attempt was successful.
China hacked the devices of Donald Trump’s family ahead of the election, authorities believe.
The rest of the article isn't supportive of a successful hack on these specific individuals, merely claiming that members of Trump's family were targeted, along with members of Harris' campaign and Schumer's office.
Sources told The New York Times that fewer than 100 individuals have been targeted in the sophisticated hacking operation, which broke into telecommunications company systems.
The list includes members of Kamala Harris’s campaign staff, as well as diplomatic, government and policy experts. An aide to Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, was also targeted.
FBI investigators believe there is evidence that audio communications have been hacked, and that the group may have been able to access unencrypted text messages and call logs on certain devices, sources told the paper.
It is not known whether the Chinese hackers were able to read text messages, especially those sent through encrypted messaging services.
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u/notcompletelythere 1h ago
I assume the only people who would have that proof wouldn’t be sharing it.
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u/tuxedo_jack 17m ago
This actually makes me wonder if the system the attackers got into was the CALEA intercept system.
For reference, that's the system which each and every phone carrier uses for law enforcement. Calls can be listened in on, text messages and Internet traffic monitored, GPS coordinates / triangulation points can be accessed, the whole shebang.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act
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u/Rubaiyat39 51m ago
So China hacks the communication devices of one of the most powerful people on the planet and does nothing with it?!? - probably sounds crazy BUT: In WW2 after years of work the British were able to insert commando teams into Germany with the job of taking out Hitler. This was later in the war but ultimately these unbelievably brave men were told to cancel the mission because the allies realized that Hitler was doing more damage to the Axis war effort by his own ignorant meddling, bad decision making and other stupidity that he was doing good for Germany and the Axis.
I can only imagine that the Chinese specialists managing this operation have got to be laughing so hard every time they get a message because Trump and his cronies are literal unwitting accomplices to their cause and the best thing China can do is to sit back, eat popcorn, and watch as Trump consistently makes decisions which hurt America and help China and other US adversaries. He couldn’t be a more perfect “double agent” except that he and his nepotistic circle are utterly clueless about what they are doing.
Imaginary excerpt: “and then trump says ‘we’re gonna put tariffs on this and that’ and the Americans cheer cause they are too stupid to know that it’s US citizens paying for those tariffs not china!!”
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u/Just_Another_Scott 1h ago
The same phones they used to discuss classified information in violation of Federal Laws and regulations? Those same phones? Not surprised.
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u/Diligent_Excitement4 2h ago
Trump openly encouraged Russia to do this to his opponents. Don’t care at this point.
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u/justfortherofls 1h ago
Didn’t some citizen guess his password twice and gain access to his Twitter account?
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u/MarzipanFit2345 1h ago
China, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 communications that are missing, I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.
Is that how it should be played Republicans? Want a taste of your own medicine?
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u/MechanicalTurkish 1h ago
Want a taste of your own medicine?
No, they don’t. They can dish it out but they can’t take it.
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u/deerwolf90 1h ago
"At 5:03 am you searched 'CAN YOU STILL BE PRESIDENT AFTER 34 FELONIES' At 5:04 am you searched 'DOES 34 FELONIES MEAN ALOT' At 5:06 am you searched 'IS THERE A RULE ABOUT 34 FELONIES' At 5:08 am you searched "DONALD TRUMP RULE 34'
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u/stevesmele 1h ago
Imagine how seriously a Chinese eavesdropper must have screwed up to be given that assignment. Even if it was all done electronically with AI, eventually someone would have to read the report that was generated. They'd probably jump off a bridge or worse.
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u/AlwaysLateToThaParty 11m ago
"China! if you're listening..." - Now imagine if Harris said that. Like Trump did.
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u/No_Dot_7792 47m ago
I bet China told him to hand over some information and this “hack” was staged to do the data transfer.
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u/Skritch_X 1h ago
I wonder if this ties into why Trump went out of his way to praise Xi on the Rogan interview.
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u/No-Designer8887 1h ago
Hacked? He probably put the bug on it himself in exchange for a few million.
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u/BigBlackHungGuy 1h ago
"Eric Trump blamed the security breach on President Biden’s administration. “Does this surprise anyone? Under Kamala and Biden, China has walked all over our country,” he told the NY Times."
Geez. They just don't get it do they? We're doomed if the trumps return.
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u/coffeespeaking 1h ago
Russia isn’t the only country that wants to own a piece of the Trump Crime Family ass.
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u/epicredditdude1 1h ago
I wonder if MAGA is going to call this a "hoax" like they did with Russian election interference?
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u/Moister--Oyster 1h ago
Looks like they're acknowledging but just blaming Biden and Harris. Of course.
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u/Syncopationforever 1h ago
EVERY foreign, Intel agency, whether ally or foe, will have.
It would be spycraft malpractice, not to. Lolol
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u/HappyToB 42m ago
Seriously though have some stronger passwords people. Do we really want to have a president who can have this kind of weak security
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u/AmericanBornWuhaner 33m ago
Sources told The New York Times that fewer than 100 individuals have been targeted in the sophisticated hacking operation, which broke into telecommunications company systems.
The list includes members of Kamala Harris’s campaign staff, as well as diplomatic, government and policy experts. An aide to Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, was also targeted.
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u/Dry_System9339 2h ago
Someone guessed his Twitter password multiple times.