By Andrew Young In Tel Aviv For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 22:59 BST, 29 June 2019 | Updated: 23:07 BST, 29 June 2019
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Millions of Britons may have had their mobile phone data exposed to Chinese hackers for up to seven years in one of the world’s biggest cyber attacks.
The hackers, believed to be working for the Chinese government, placed espionage tools on the systems of at least ten unidentified mobile phone firms around the globe to spy on high-profile targets.
It allowed them to extract customers’ details and information on calls and texts as well as the geo-location data of their smartphones to track their exact movements.
The hackers, believed to be working for the Chinese government, placed espionage tools on the systems of at least ten unidentified mobile phone firms (stock image)
The revelation raises fresh concerns about the use of technology provided by Chinese tech giant Huawei in UK mobile phone networks, amid fears that it could be used for spying.
Sources at the Cyber Week security conference in Israel – where details of the hacking operation were revealed – suggested that one of the affected
