Sweeping Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms firms is 'still going on,' homeland security secretary says

A sweeping Chinese government hacking campaign against American telecoms firms is a “very, very serious matter” that is “still going on,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview.

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Sweeping Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms firms is 'still going on,' homeland security secretary says

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U.S. begins to retaliate against China over hack of telecom networks

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