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That Chinese spy balloon used a U.S. internet provider to transmit its data

Friday December 29, 2023. 06:09 PM , from BoingBoing
Remember the Chinese spy balloon—aka the 'civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes' (according to China)—that in February flew over the United States until the US Air Force shot it down? Apparently the super-secret surveillance device was, um, using an American internet service provider to communicate with its operators in China, according to NBC News who are not naming the company:
From NBC News:

The Biden administration sought a highly secretive court order from the federal Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to collect intelligence about [the balloon] while it was over the U.S.,

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