"We are wrestling with what has been described as the worst telecommunications hack in our nation's history," she says. "Either you take serious action or you don't."
Rosenworcel's plan consists of two steps. First, the FCC formally declared that the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), which required telecom companies to design their phone and internet systems to comply with wiretaps, also requires them to implement basic cyber defenses to prevent tampering.
The government is still reeling from the Chinese "Salt Typhoon" hacking campaign that penetrated at least nine US telecom companies and gave Beijing access to Americans' phone calls and text messages.
To prevent a repeat of the unprecedented telecom intrusion, Rosenworcel used the waning days of her FCC leadership to propose new cybersecurity requirements for telecom operators.
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