FBI Classifies Suspected Chinese Breach of Wiretap Surveillance System as 'Major Incident'

FBI Classifies Suspected Chinese Breach of Wiretap Surveillance System as 'Major Incident'

Editor’s Note: A suspected Chinese state-sponsored intrusion has reached the FBI’s own wiretap management infrastructure — and its classification as a “major incident” under FISMA is, according to cybersecurity analysts, one of the rare instances in which the bureau has applied that label to a breach of its own networks. The compromised Digital Collection System Network, which processes pen register and trap-and-trace surveillance data for activ…