UK weakens proposed telecoms defenses against Chinese hackers after industry pushback

Recorded Future News reports that the UK has weakened or delayed proposed telecoms security measures developed in response to the China-linked "Salt Typhoon" espionage campaign, which impacted more than 80 countries. Key proposed protections dropped or deferred include independent signalling intrusion detection, treating incoming signalling as untrusted by default, monthly reboots to clear memory-only malware, and accelerated service-account protections; industry cost and practicality objections drove the rollbacks, raising concerns about increased exposure of UK telecom infrastructure.