Chinese hackers used broad telco access to geolocate millions and record calls

„Neuberger explained that once Chinese hackers infiltrated telecommunication networks, they essentially had "broad and full access" to American data, which allowed them to "geolocate millions of individuals" and "record phone calls at will." It's unclear how many Americans were impacted by the breach at large, though Neuberger said a large number of individuals were geolocated in the Washington, D.C., area. "We believe it was the goal of identifying who those phones belong to and if they were government targets of interest for follow-on espionage and intelligence collection of communications, of texts and phone calls on those particular phones." She added that "probably less than 100" individuals were targeted for collection of their phone calls and texts.“