"Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said Tuesday that Verizon and AT&T are preventing the release of documents tied to Salt Typhoon, a Chinese cyber collective that infiltrated U.S. telecom networks and other communications systems around the world. Cantwell wrote in a letter that she sought network security assessments conducted by Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant, but said the company declined to hand over the materials after receiving direction from both AT&T and Verizon."
"Both carriers, which were accessed by the hackers at some point before the breaches were discovered in 2024, "have chosen not to cooperate, which raises serious questions about the extent to which Americans who use these networks remain exposed to unacceptable risk," Cantwell wrote in a letter addressed to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Cantwell serves as ranking member of the panel."
Sen. Maria Cantwell alleges that AT&T and Verizon are preventing release of documents tied to Salt Typhoon, a Chinese cyber collective that infiltrated U.S. telecom networks and other communications systems worldwide. She sought network security assessments conducted by Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant, but the company declined to hand over materials after receiving direction from both carriers. Cantwell requested the carriers' chief executives to testify before Congress. Both carriers were accessed by the hackers before breaches were discovered in 2024, and have chosen not to cooperate, raising questions about risks to Americans using these networks. The FBI assessed Salt Typhoon targeted over 80 countries and some 600 organizations.
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