Stop sending texts between iPhones and Androids, that's the stark warning from the FBI. The agency says your messages may be vulnerable to hackers.
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00:00Stop sending text between iPhones and Androids.
00:04That's the stark warning from the FBI.
00:07The agency says your messages may be vulnerable to hackers.
00:11According to reports, Chinese hackers have infiltrated several U.S. networks
00:17that are, in the FBI's words,
00:19ongoing and likely larger in scale than previously understood.
00:23Instead, Americans are advised to use secure or encrypted messaging apps
00:27like WhatsApp and Signal.
00:30Jeff Green of the CISA telling NBC News,
00:34encryption is your friend, whether it's on text messaging
00:37or if you have the capacity to use encrypted voice communication.
00:41On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy
00:45called any U.S. suggestion of Chinese involvement disinformation.