Senator opposes FCC plan to reverse cyber rules adopted after Salt Typhoon attack

WASHINGTON: The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday called on the Federal Communications Commission to abandon plans to rescind cybersecurity requirements adopted after the massive Salt Typhoon Chinese hacking incident that infiltrated U.S. telecom companies last year.

Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington urged FCC Chair Brendan Carr to drop the plan to vote to rescind the ruling issued in January, which found that federal law requires telecommunications carriers to secure networks from unlawful access to or interception of communications. The ruling also said that carriers could be in breach if they failed to adopt certain cybersecurity practices.