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Ron Wyden: “They even co-opted the system designed for law enforcement…”

Featuring: Ron Wyden, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Oregon

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Senator Ron Wyden Urges Release of Unclassified Report on U.S. Telecommunications Insecurity

Published | Video Starts at 03:06

The Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have confirmed that the Chinese government hacked multiple phone companies and accessed vast troves of sensitive call records. They even co-opted the system designed for law enforcement to conduct wiretaps and access phone calls of politicians and other high-value targets. Vice President Vance said his communications and President Trump's were compromised in this hack. The press reported that then leader Schumer was also targeted. (03:06–03:17)

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Asserts that hackers used a system meant for law enforcement to access calls of high-value targets.

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