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Threat Intelligence & APT The Record 3 weeks ago

Lawmakers introduce bill for voluntary telecom cyber rules after Salt Typhoon hacks

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• Original Reporting: The Record
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Assessed Severity: INFORMATIONAL
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"Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks at an Intelligence Committee hearing in March 2025. Image: U.S. Senate / Rebecca Hammel / CC BY 2.0 Lawmakers introduce bill for voluntary telecom cyber rules after Salt Typhoon hacks A new bill has been introduced by a bipartisan team of senators that would create a set of voluntary cybersecurity best practices for the telecommunications industry and build out an..."

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Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks at an Intelligence Committee hearing in March 2025. Image: U.S. Senate / Rebecca Hammel / CC BY 2.0

Lawmakers introduce bill for voluntary telecom cyber rules after Salt Typhoon hacks

A new bill has been introduced by a bipartisan team of senators that would create a set of voluntary cybersecurity best practices for the telecommunications industry and build out an optional certification companies could obtain.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the Telecommunications Cybersecurity and Resilience Act on Thursday, arguing that the new effort was necessary in light of the Salt Typhoon attacks which saw Chinese hackers breach nearly all of the major telecommunications giants in the U.S. over the span of several years. 

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