"The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote next month on reversing measures that sought to boost the security of wiretap request systems in response to major Chinese hacks into telecommunications companies discovered last year. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Wednesday that the "eleventh hour" ruling "exceeded the agency's authority and did not present an effective or agile response to the relevant cybersecurity threats.""
"A related notice of proposed rulemaking passed under Rosenworcel would require communications providers to submit annual attestations to the agency about their security posture. The moves came in response to hacks carried out by Salt Typhoon, a Chinese cyberespionage group backed by the nation's Ministry of State Security, which breached dozens of communications firms in the U.S. and around the world over the course of several years."
The Federal Communications Commission will vote to reverse rules that strengthened security for wiretap request systems after major Chinese hacks. Chairman Brendan Carr said the "eleventh hour" ruling exceeded the agency's authority and failed as an agile cybersecurity response. The late-Biden rule required telecom firms to secure networks against unauthorized access to systems housing law enforcement wiretap requests. A related proposal would require annual security attestations from communications providers. The changes followed intrusions by Salt Typhoon, which breached dozens of communications firms and prompted widespread international notifications. The FCC oversees CALEA, which mandates lawful-intercept engineering, and the hijacked systems enabled targeting of high-profile calls.
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