this weekend that China-backed hackers have compromised the wiretap systems of several U.S. telecom and internet providers, likely in an effort to gather intelligence on Americans.
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The wiretap systems, as mandated under a 30-year-old U.S. federal law, are some of the most sensitive in a telecom or internet provider’s network, typically granting a select few employees nearly unfettered access to information about their customers, including their internet traffic and browsing histories.
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But for the technologists who have for years sounded the alarm about the security risks of legally required backdoors, news of the compromises are the “told you so” moment they hoped would never come but knew one day would.
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“I think it absolutely was inevitable,” Matt Blaze, a professor at Georgetown Law and expert on secure systems, told TechCrunch regarding the latest compromises of telecom and internet providers.

The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite | TechCrunch

China reportedly hacked the wiretap systems required by U.S. internet providers under a 1994 U.S. wiretapping law.

^{Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)}

Merz lobt Lindner-Wirtschaftspapier:

Schwarwel (@schwarwel@stranger.social)

Attached: 1 image „Merz lobt Lindner-Wirtschaftspapier: „Zum Teil wörtlich aus Unionsanträgen übernommen““ #lindner #ampel #merz #schwarwel

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Für dich/euch!

Streetart in Wuppertal: Weltklassekunst mitten in der Stadt

Streetart in Wuppertal: Weltklassekunst mitten  in der Stadt

Wuppertal ist der neue Kunstausflugstipp: Denn weltbekannte Streetartists verwandeln nach und nach rund 40 leere graue Hauswände in faszinierende Murals oder Wandbilder.

^{WDR 2 (wdr.de)}

Buch zu Jugendsozialarbeit: Und sein Ego bleibt im Auto

#Putin achieved none of his strategic objectives after nearly 1,000 days of war against #Ukraine

Putin achieved none of his strategic objectives after nearly 1,000 days of war against Ukraine, Austin says

"... We face a hinge in history," U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. "If Ukraine falls under Putin’s boot, all of Europe will fall under Putin’s shadow."

^{Kateryna Denisova (The Kyiv Independent)}