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Salt Typhoon hack exposed millions, but carriers AT&T and Verizon only notified "high-value" customers

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Summary
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73% Informative

Chinese cybercrime syndicate Salt Typhoon hacked into networks of multiple US carriers and network service providers, leading to a major data breach affecting millions of people.

A report now claims that the affected companies failed to notify their customers about the hack and don't intend to do so in the future.

Both AT&T and Verizon both denied allegations of negligence.

VR Score

73

Informative language

71

Neutral language

48

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

70

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

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Known propaganda techniques

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Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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