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Cellphone surveillance (also known as cellphone spying) may involve tracking, bugging, monitoring, eavesdropping, and recording conversations and text messages on mobile phones. [1] It also encompasses the monitoring of people's movements, which can be tracked using mobile phone signals when phones are turned on.
The hackers got an almost complete list of phone numbers being wiretapped by the Justice Department' "lawful intercept" system. This system monitors people suspected of committing crimes or spying. Officials said having this information would help China know which Chinese spies the United States have identified. [8]
When operating in active mode, the device mimics a wireless carrier cell tower in order to force all nearby mobile phones and other cellular data devices to connect to it. [9] [10] [11] The StingRay family of devices can be mounted in vehicles, [10] on airplanes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles. [12]
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Hackers tied to China targeted members of the Trump family, State Department officials and Harris-Biden administration aides during a shocking breach of telecommunications systems, a new report says.
The device is similar to but distinct from an IMSI catcher. [ 4 ] On March 28, 2013, the Washington Post reported that federal investigators "routinely" use the systems to track criminal suspects, but sometimes fail to explain the technology sufficiently to magistrate judges from whom they seek search warrants.
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The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continually. Breaches of large organizations where the number of records is still unknown are also listed. In addition, the various methods used in the breaches are listed, with hacking being the most common.