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Technology & Media Editor @WSJ. Anonymous document share via https://t.co/2EV6BskdsU
New York, headed west
Joined July 2008
New from @aviswanatha and I: China’s Salt Typhoon hack targeted >80 countries, a far greater reach than previously known. The attack allowed intruders to potentially surveil private communications and track people's movements around the globe https://t.co/kCLiV13ebE
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The campaign also touched some 600 companies, and went beyond conventional espionage, an FBI official says.
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New: China’s historic Salt Typhoon hack targeted >80 countries, reaching across globe to a far greater extent than initially understood + likely let spies to surveil global movements of U.S. citizens. “It should really set off alarm bells for all Americans,” FBI cyber chief says.
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Thrilled and honored to share this @SABEW award for our Salt Typhoon reporting with @bysarahkrouse, @aviswanatha, @bobmcmillan and @DrewFitzGerald. I am tremendously lucky to work with such great colleagues. https://t.co/HHY4TCfD5r
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Come for the months of reporting, stay for the Whataburger cameo. W/ my incredible colleagues @aviswanatha, @bysarahkrouse, @DrewFitzGerald, @bobmcmillan and @sgurman
NEWS: The massive Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms compromised firms Charter, Consolidated and Windstream, as part of the CCP's historic espionage campaign. In one case hackers had access to wiretap systems for 18 months. Investigators are still grappling with the damage.
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Two massive hacking operations have changed the West’s understanding of what China wants — and revealed the astonishing skill and stealth of its keyboard warriors. Deep dive w/ @dnvolz @aviswanatha @DrewFitzGerald @bobmcmillan @sgurman
https://t.co/DAtwMDMH8J
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Massive “Typhoon” cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecoms sought to lay the groundwork for potential conflict with Beijing, as intruders gathered data and got in position to impede response...
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SCOOP: T-Mobile was also hacked in wide-ranging Chinese infiltration of U.S. and international telecommunications firms. Officials are still struggling to understand full scope of damaging espionage operation.
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The carrier joins a growing list of known victims, including AT&T and Verizon, of the major Chinese spying operation.
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Kamala Harris and Dana Walden were born seven days apart and met 30 years ago. They are now in remarkably similar situations: both are up for major promotions complicated by older male bosses reluctant to leave the stage. My latest, w/ @bysarahkrouse
https://t.co/BGxzwvDcnE
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The longtime friends have found themselves in remarkably similar situations, and their friendship has turned into a minefield of partisan politics.
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Our latest on Salt Typhoon: Chinese hackers that burrowed into U.S. internet infrastructure have used their access to target the phones of former President Donald Trump, JD Vance, and people affiliated with VP Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign
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The major spy operation is said to have attacked dozens of others, including a Wall Street Journal reporter.
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The hackers have shown unusually aggressive tactics since being discovered last month, disturbing investigators working to address the cyber-espionage campaign. That includes attempts to re-enter patched systems after being ejected from them, sources said https://t.co/XerSOoNhHO
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The major spy operation is said to have attacked dozens of others, including a Wall Street Journal reporter.
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NEWS: People affiliated w/ Harris campaign in addition to Trump and Vance targeted in major Chinese spy operation now believed to have hit dozens of firms and individuals. Spies also attempted to hack a @WSJ reporter after we exposed the operation. https://t.co/XerSOoNhHO
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The major spy operation is said to have attacked dozens of others, including a Wall Street Journal reporter.
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New: U.S. officials are racing to understand the full scope of a China-linked hack of major U.S. broadband providers, as concerns mount from members of Congress that the breach could amount to a devastating counterintelligence failure.
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Congressional committees dispatch letters to AT&T, Verizon and Lumen asking about the measures they will take to protect U.S. wiretap systems.
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NEW: A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of major U.S. broadband providers and potentially accessed information from systems used for court-authorized wiretapping requests - w/ @dnvolz @aviswanatha @bobmcmillan
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AT&T and Verizon are among the broadband providers breached in the “Salt Typhoon” hack, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network...
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Hackers linked to the Chinese government have broken into a handful of U.S. internet-service providers in ‘Salt Typhoon’ intrusion. W/ @bobmcmillan and @dnvolz
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@WSJ newsroom on the news Evan is free. @emmatuckerWSJ addresses the troops. “This is a historical day for The Wall Street Journal.”
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek confirms hi-fi music is coming, for another $5/mo. "There’s a good chunk of people paying for Spotify that would gladly pay for a much better version of Spotify." https://t.co/tz8jy5fdNb via @wsj
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Spotify posted its second consecutive quarterly profit and made progress in expanding margins, though user growth softened. The audio company's shares (SPOT) rose around 11% in early trading to...
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Evan Gershkovich’s conviction is outrageous. He is innocent and we stand with him. Journalism is not a crime. #istandwithevan
https://t.co/QTFN7fA777
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The court’s verdict—after three days of hearings—was widely viewed as a foregone conclusion, since acquittals in Russian espionage trials are exceedingly rare.
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Come work with our team of awesome media and entertainment editors and reporters!
You'll be joining a leadership team that includes @bysarahkrouse (LA chief) and @jtoonkel in NY. @david_marcelis, who has had a distinguished run of nearly six years as deputy media chief, will join the WSJ's Standards team later this summer.
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Internal Disney communications have been leaked online by a hacking group that claims to advocate for artist rights - w/ @bobmcmillan
https://t.co/GJLpCfTpc1
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A “hacktivist” group critical of AI-generated art says it has obtained swaths of data from Disney’s Slack channels, some of which it has published online.
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Imagine Entertainment, the Hollywood production company known for the Oscar-winning film “A Beautiful Mind” and hits such as “The Da Vinci Code,” is exploring a sale. w/@bysarahkrouse
https://t.co/YxlStMqiKp via @WSJ
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A deal could enable Imagine’s main financial backer, Raine Group, which invested more than $100 million in 2016, to exit.
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Our @WSJ colleague spent part of yesterday padlocked in a glass box in a Russian courtroom in a sham trial that any even slighty informed person knows is a farce. We won't stop fighting for Evan. He deserves his life back. We miss him & his brilliant work. #IStandWithEvan
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