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Chinese hackers infiltrate at least 8 U.S. telecom companies

Season 2024 Episode 340 | 4m 13s

The White House said that a broad Chinese hacking operation had infiltrated at least eight American telecommunications companies and that none of them have managed to remove the Chinese hackers from their systems. Nick Schifrin reports.

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