https://gizmodo.com/china-wiretaps-americans-in-worst-hack-in-our-nations-history-2000528424

«Incredibly, Warner says the hackers are still inside the U.S. system and there’s no obvious way to get them out that doesn’t involve physically replacing old equipment, according to Warner.»

My ex used to work for Nortel, back-applying machine-language patches to older versions of the software running on switches, and I remember hearing mention of the LEAF, Law Enforcement Access Field.

The doomsayers were correct. We opened a backdoor in our own systems and hostile actors took advantage. (At least we didn’t pass Clipper.)

Stupidity in action….