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Senator Wyden Reminds White House Feckless Regulators Have Resulted In Pathetic Security On U.S. Wireless Networks
While countless lawmakers looking to get on cable TV spent much of the last few years freaking out about TikTok privacy issues, none of those same folks seem bothered by the parade of nasty vulnera…
While countless lawmakers looking to get on cable TV spent much of the last few years freaking out about TikTok privacy issues, none of those same folks seem bothered by the parade of nasty vulnerabilities in the nation’s telecom networks. In a new letter sent to the White House, Senator Ron Wyden notes that the steady rush toward mindless deregulation of U.S. telecom has had a negative impact on overall security, particularly on U.S. wireless networks. For the last decade, cybersecurity researchers and investigative journalists have highlighted how wireless carriers’ failure to secure their networks against rogue SS7 and Diameter requests for customer data has been exploited by authoritarian governments to conduct surveillance.”
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