How to Encrypt Your Calls and Texts After with Apps After China Data Hack [Video]

The FBI is encouraging people to start texting and calling over end-to-end encryption apps in the wake of one of the largest cyberattacks in U.S. history, according to reports from NBC News and The Wall Street Journal.

In a call with reporters on Tuesday, Dec. 3, security officials from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that China has hacked data from Verizon, AT&T and Lumen Technologies customers. The scope of the data breach — which Microsoft has nicknamed “Salt Typhoon” — is so significant that officials are unable to provide a timeframe for when the threat will be under control.

However, there are practical and relatively simple ways for consumers to keep their data and personal information safe.

“Our suggestion, what we have told folks internally, is not new here,” Jeff Greene, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA said on the news call. “Encryption is your friend, whether it’s on …