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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was informed this week that Chinese hackers may have gained access to phones used by the former president and his running mate JD Vance.

According to The New York Times, Chinese hackers are believed to have gained access to data from phones used by the Republican candidates. However, investigators are still trying to determine what data was stolen or examined by the hackers following the telecom system breach.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Our entire government has played like it cared about infosec for years, but has always made weird exceptions for high-up officials.

This isn't the government, though. Like, this is Trump being hit on campaign, not as a sitting president, and Vance has never been a sitting VP, just a candidate.

Trump and Vance, as of today, are just private citizens.

When Trump was President, or when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State or something like that, okay, yeah, I get you. I'm not saying that we always do the right things for government officials -- like, I'm not saying that your broader concern isn't valid.

But for this particular Trump/Vance compromise, I don't think that that's what's driving the situation -- I think that it's the vulnerability of political candidates, people who are not yet officials.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump and Vance, as of today, are just private citizens.

JD Vance is a sitting US senator.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

God when you say it out loud it makes me realize how far gone this country is.