The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite

News reports indicate that China-backed hacking group Salt Typhoon compromised wiretap systems at major U.S. telecom and internet providers (including AT&T, Lumen, and Verizon), potentially enabling broad collection of customer internet traffic; U.S. authorities are investigating and security experts warn this is an expected consequence of CALEA-mandated lawful-intercept backdoors and underscores calls for stronger encryption.