Millions of Britons may have had their mobile phone data exposed to Chinese hackers for up to seven years in one of the world’s biggest cyber attacks. The hackers, believed to be working for the Chinese government, placed espionage tools on the systems of at least ten unidentified mobile phone firms around the globe to spy on high-profile targets. The hackers, believed to be working for the Chinese government, placed espionage tools on the systems of at least ten unidentified mobile phone firms (stock image)The revelation raises fresh concerns about the use of technology provided by Chinese tech giant Huawei in UK mobile phone networks, amid fears that it could be used for spying. The hackers extracted hundreds of gigabytes of data from at least some of the networks, meaning that millions of non-targeted customers may have had their data breached. Cybereason discovered that nine other networks had had their systems infected in the same way, with some possibly targeted for seven years.

Source: Daily Mail June 29, 2019 22:01 UTC