Despite Chinese hacks, Trump's FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules for phone and internet companies | TechCrunch

"The FCC's two Trump-appointed commissioners, chairman Brendan Carr and his Republican colleague Olivia Trusty, voted to withdraw the rules that require telecommunications carriers to "secure their networks from unlawful access or interception of communications.""

"In a statement following the vote, Gomez called the now-overturned rules the "only meaningful effort this agency has advanced" since the discovery of a sweeping campaign by a China-backed hacking group called Salt Typhoon that involved hacking into a raft of U.S. phone and internet companies."

"Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that the rule change "leaves us without a credible plan" to address the basic security gaps exploited by Salt Typhoon and others."

The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 along party lines to rescind rules requiring U.S. phone and internet carriers to meet minimum cybersecurity standards. Two Republican commissioners, Brendan Carr and Olivia Trusty, supported withdrawing rules that required carriers to secure their networks from unlawful access or interception. The sole Democratic commissioner, Anna Gomez, dissented, saying the rules were the only meaningful effort advanced since discovery of a China-backed hacking campaign called Salt Typhoon that breached over 200 telecoms. Lawmakers including Sen. Gary Peters and Sen. Mark Warner criticized the rollback. The NCTA praised the decision.

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