FBI Hacking Warning—Change 2 Settings On Your iPhone

In a surprising twist, the FBI—alongside CISA—has suddenly warned iPhone and Android users to use encrypted messaging and calls where available. This follows an extensive US telco network hacking campaign attributed to China’s Salt Typhoon, with officials warning of “a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign.”

While a senior FBI official assures that although hackers “have stolen a large amount of records… about where, when and whom individuals were communicating with,” he assured that for most “these stolen records do not include voice or text content.” But the hackers did steal “call and text contents” from “a limited number of individuals.”