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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Léonie Chao-Fong in Washington DC

Chinese believed to have targeted Trump’s and Vance’s phones in US telecommunications breach

Donald Trump and J.D. Vance  next to each other
Donald Trump and JD Vance in New York City in September. Photograph: Adam Gray/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese government-linked hackers are believed to have targeted phones used by Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, as part of a larger breach of US telecommunications networks, according to a New York Times report.

The Trump campaign was informed this week that the phone numbers of the Republican presidential and vice-presidential nominee were among those targeted during a breach of the Verizon network, the paper said, citing sources.

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