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The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight
As the US faces “the worst telecommunications hack in our nation’s history,” by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers, the outgoing FCC chair is determined to bolster network security if it’s the last thing she does.
The government is still reeling from the Chinese “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign that penetrated at least nine US telecom companies and gave Beijing access to Americans’ phone calls and text messages and the wiretap systems used by law enforcement. Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican who now chairs the Commerce Committee, called Rosenworcel’s plan “a Band-Aid at best and a concealment of a serious blind spot at worst” during a hearing in December. Rosenworcel defends the use of CALEA, saying “we have to step back and look at it from a broader point of view.” Section 105 clearly supports the conclusion that “every telecommunications carrier has a legal obligation to secure their networks against unlawful access and interception,” she argues.
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