President Trump reportedly picks up when his cell rings even if he doesn't know who's calling. Senior members of his team also love chatting on their personal devices. That makes the administration uniquely vulnerable to basic scams like spoofed calls and impersonation attempts.
Trump might be the most accessible president ever -- for spies or scammers www.axios.com/2025/06/08/d ...
-- Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) Jun 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Pres Trump: Security? What's that? Does it slow down the selling of my occupancy of the Oval Office?
Cyberattack on U.S. Officials' Phones Traced to Suspected Chinese Espionage Ring
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... Cybersecurity investigators noticed a highly unusual software crash -- it was affecting a small number of smartphones belonging to people who worked in government, politics, tech and journalism.
The crashes, which began late last year and carried into 2025, were the tipoff to a sophisticated cyberattack that may have allowed hackers to infiltrate a phone without a single click from the user.
The attackers left no clues about their identities, but investigators at the cybersecurity firm iVerify noticed that the victims all had something in common: They worked in fields of interest to China's government and had been targeted by Chinese hackers in the past.
Foreign hackers have increasingly identified smartphones, other mobile devices and the apps they use as a weak link in U.S. cyberdefenses. Groups linked to China's military and intelligence service have targeted the smartphones of prominent Americans and burrowed deep into telecommunication networks, according to national security and tech experts. ...
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