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Chinese hackers breached networks of Verizon , AT&T , Lumen Technologies and other firms.
They collected audio calls of U.S. politicians and their staffs, according to researchers and people familiar with the attack.
The full scale of the hack is not yet known, though officials have said that information related to federal requests for wiretaps was targeted.
In 2014 , there was not a single domestic hacking competition in China .
Today , there are around 50 a year — many of which are sponsored by Chinese police and state security agencies.
Half of China ’s annual hacking competitions are sponsored or include technological support from Beijing Integrity Technology Group , the company under investigation by the FBI for links to the Flax Typhoon attack.
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