Sen. Blumenthal wants FCC to get busy on telecom wiretap security rules

A CyberScoop article reports that Chinese-linked hackers called 'Salt Typhoon' targeted lawful-access/wiretapping systems in U.S. telecom networks to surveil phones tied to the 2024 presidential campaigns, prompting Senator Richard Blumenthal and others to urge the FCC to create mandatory security standards and investigate the breaches; cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike warned that compromise of lawful-intercept systems can expose call contents, metadata, and enable targeting of additional parties.