FCC spikes Biden-era cyber regulations prompted by Salt Typhoon telecom breaches

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to remove several cybersecurity regulations put in place after Chinese hackers breached multiple telecommunications giants to steal the correspondence of Donald Trump and JD Vance during campaign season last year. 

In a party line vote on Thursday, the Republican majority of the FCC reversed a declaratory ruling published in January that would have mandated telecoms to better secure their networks and submit annual certifications attesting to the creation of a cybersecurity risk management plan.

In a speech, Chairman Brendan Carr called the rules “neither lawful nor effective” and claimed the FCC has “worked directly with carriers who have agreed to make extensive, coordinated efforts to harden their networks against a range of cyber intrusions.”

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