The FBI has informed one of President-elect Donald Trump’s lead attorneys that his cellphone was tapped by Chinese hackers, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as part of a wide-ranging operation targeting top Republican and Democrats in US politics that has been underway for months.

Todd Blanche, an attorney who represented Donald Trump in his hush money trial, was reportedly one of the individuals whose phones were targeted by Chinesehackers. The FBI informed Blanche of the breach last week, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Chinese hackers reportedly tapped the cellphone of a lead attorney for President-elect Donald Trump, and officials probing the attack said the scope is "way worse than the public knows." The FBI informed attorney Todd Blanche last week that hackers obtained voice recordings and texts from his phone,