An alarming new hack by China has penetrated the nerve center of the United States: its telephone network. David E. Sanger, the White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, discusses what the scope of the attack tells us about China’s growing power. Guest: David E. Sanger, the White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times. Background reading: The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said hackers listened to phone calls and read texts by exploiting aging equipment and seams in the networks that connect systems. Emerging details of Chinese hack have left U.S. officials increasingly concerned. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is the Daily.
An alarming new hack by China has penetrated the nerve center of the United States, our phone network.
Today.
My colleague David Sanger on what the scope of this new attack tells us about the growing power of one of America's biggest adversaries.
It's Thursday, December 12th.
David Sanger, you're back.
I am, and delighted to be here.
So, David, you are here today to talk about a hack.
And close listeners of the show will know that this is a topic you do sometimes talk about on the Daily we counted.
You have done three shows on hacking in recent years.
But this particular hack, this one you're looking into right now, this one is different.
You say it is, Sabrina.
It's the big one.