FCC to vote on reversing telecom security rulemakings next month

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote next month on reversing measures that sought to boost the security of wiretap request systems in response to major Chinese hacks into telecommunications companies discovered last year.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Wednesday that the “eleventh hour” ruling “exceeded the agency’s authority and did not present an effective or agile response to the relevant cybersecurity threats.”

The measure was enacted at the tail end of the Biden administration under then-FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and immediately required telecommunications firms to secure their networks against unauthorized access to systems that house wiretap requests from law enforcement. A related notice of proposed rulemaking passed under Rosenworcel would require communications providers to submit annual attestations to the agency about their security posture.

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