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FCC to telcos: By law you must secure your networks from foreign spies. Get on it

ID: f82377df-46e5-5e78-9466-b802fd0b232d

STIX ID: report--f82377df-46e5-5e78-9466-b802fd0b232d

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2025-01-17

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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The report describes the Salt Typhoon nation-state intrusion campaign that compromised major US telecoms and federal networks, allowing attackers to access subscriber geolocation, internet traffic, and calls/text logs; in response the FCC clarified carriers' CALEA obligations and proposed mandatory cybersecurity and supply-chain risk management plans while the US imposed sanctions on individuals and firms tied to the intrusions.

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