Sen. Wyden blasts FCC's 'failure' amid Salt Typhoon hacks
US telecoms carriers would be required to implement minimum cyber security standards and ensure their systems are not susceptible to hacks by nation-state attackers – like Salt Typhoon – under legislation proposed by senator Ron Wyden ., if signed into law, would require the Federal Communications Commission to issue binding rules for telecom systems, following what Wyden calls the FCC's"failure" to implement security standards already required by federal law.
"Telecom companies and federal regulators were asleep on the job and as a result, Americans' calls, messages, and phone records have been accessed by foreign spies intent on undermining our national security," he continued."Congress needs to step up and pass mandatory security rules to finally secure our telecom system against an infestation of hackers and spies.
The legislation doesn't specify what these safety measures should include, other than they must"prevent the interception of communications or access to call-identifying information without lawful authorization by any person or entity, including by an advanced persistent threat." It would also require the carriers to conduct annual testing to evaluate whether these systems are working as intended. If they're not, then the carriers must fix the issues. Further, telcos would need to hire an independent auditor to conduct an annual assessment of compliance with FCC cyber security rules, and submit the results of the audits to the commission.
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