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Congressional panel hears on 'SALT Typhoon' breach as telecom security priority
Summary
Witnesses and members described last fall's SALT Typhoon cyber campaign as an extensive, government‑backed espionage operation that infiltrated multiple U.S. telecommunications networks and spurred calls for greater public‑private collaboration, sustained funding and improved information sharing.
House Energy and Commerce subcommittee members and witnesses on May 14 focused the hearing on SALT Typhoon, a Chinese‑linked cyber espionage operation that federal officials have said compromised multiple U.S. telecommunications providers. The panel’s witnesses described the operation as broad in scope and said it exposed persistent gaps in detection, response and government‑industry coordination.
The subcommittee’s chair, Representative (Chair) and ranking member Doris Matsui opened the hearing describing SALT Typhoon as “one of the worst hacks in U.S. history” and urged stronger protections for communications infrastructure. Laura Galante, former intelligence community cyber executive and director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center at the Office of the Director of National…
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