Dec. 21, 2020 - Epoch Times
04:09
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| China is suspected to have used mobile phone networks in the Caribbean to monitor US residents, according to a mobile security report. | |
| British news outlet The Guardian cited the report in a December 15 article, revealing that China exploited vulnerabilities in the global telecommunications network to target, track and intercept phone communications of US phone subscribers. | |
| The author of the report, Gary Miller, a Washington State-based former mobile network security executive, explained that telecom operators use signaling messages to locate mobile phones, connect phone users to one another, and assess roaming charges. | |
| However, these messages can also be used by sneaky agents who wish to track, monitor, or intercept communications. | |
| For the CCP, every piece of private information of foreign users is considered intelligence and is considered valuable. | |
| Some people may think, I am not a big shot or a sensitive target. | |
| There is nothing about me that is valuable to the CCP. But the CCP does not think that way. | |
| When you mention anything that is politically sensitive in your conversations, certain monitors inside your phone that watch for keywords may be activated. | |
| Miller started his own company, Exigent Media, a cyber threat research and media firm, after he left his former job at Mobilium, a mobile security company. | |
| Government agencies and Congress have been aware of public mobile network vulnerabilities for years, he said. | |
| Security recommendations made by our government have not been followed and aren't sufficient to stop attackers. | |
| He shared his research results with the British publication, hoping that the severity of this activity will encourage the implementation of more effective countermeasures and security policies. | |
| When the CCP collects personal data, it is willing to invest a lot of manpower and resources, and it will use computers to conduct data mining so as to dig out valuable information. | |
| They are capable of conducting a comprehensive analysis of this information and then track and locate the activities of U.S. government personnel. | |
| Through these precision targeting methods, the CCP will then find various ways to corrupt a certain official. | |
| Miller pointed out that China is suspected of using a state-controlled mobile phone operator to direct signaling messages to US subscribers, usually while they're traveling abroad. | |
| He believes tens of thousands of US mobile users were affected by the attacks from China from 2018 to 2020. | |
| According to his findings, China conducted the highest number of surveillance attacks against US phone subscribers in 2018 over 3G and 4G networks. | |
| With the vast majority rooted through China Unicom, a state-owned telecom operator, he felt it was highly likely a state-sponsored espionage campaign. | |
| If the CCP had tried to collect information during the current U.S. presidential election, it may have monitored communications and tried to dig out useful information, especially from those who are congressmen from a certain state or influential figures. | |
| These people's personal information is very valuable for the CCP. It will use big data technology to train its artificial intelligence, which can make a very accurate judgment on a certain individual. | |
| Miller said he believed it was possible that a China entity directly or indirectly leased a network address from the Caribbean operators, allowing the messages to be coordinated and routed through the region's telecom firms without their knowledge. | |
| Every person has his weaknesses. | |
| That is why the CCP wants to collect such information as it enables the CCP to conduct precision marketing and precision propaganda accordingly. | |
| The CCP will be able to fool Americans more efficiently through its propaganda campaigns. | |
| In fact, shaking the foundation of American democracy and constitutionalism is the CCP's biggest dream. |
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