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Some federal employees warned not to use their cell phones after reports of Chinese-linked telecom hack.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered employees to scale back their use of cell phones — both personal and work-issued — amid fears that China had hacked AT&T, Verizon, Lumen Technologies, and other telecom providers.
An email from the CFPB’s chief information officer read:
Do NOT conduct CFPB work using mobile voice calls or text messages
While there is no evidence that CFPB has been targeted by this unauthorized access, I ask for your compliance with these directives so we reduce the risk that we will be compromised
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