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US FCC repeals cybersecurity rules aimed at preventing Salt Typhoon-esque
attacks

Date:
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:05:00 +0000

Description:
The US FCC has voted to remove mandated network security and risk management.

FULL STORY

The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to 
remove measures implemented in the wake of the Salt Typhoon attack . 

The mandated protections required Telecom firms to adopt basic security
controls and network protections - and encouraged collaboration between the
large network providers in order to protect consumers and national security. 

The Salt Typhoone attacks saw threat actors lurking inside US telecom 
networks for upwards of a year - exfiltrating data in one of the largest 
cyber espionage campaigns recorded.

'Neither lawful nor effective' 

The FCC voted to revoke the ruling, claiming it was ineffective because it
neither responded to the nature of the relevant cybersecurity threats nor was
it consistent with the agile and collaborative approach to cybersecurity that
has proven successful, the Commission documents note . 

FCC members argued telecom firms are voluntarily bolstering their
cybersecurity and hardening their networks against intrusions, so the
regulations are an onerous legal burden for companies that are already doing
the work. 

Secretary Marlene Dortch said the protection ruling, applies the same
inflexible, across-the-board cybersecurity requirements to all
telecommunications carriers without regard to their risk, size, or
organizational posture. 

"This vague and amorphous standard risks imposing costly new burdens on many
providers that are either not relevant to the potential threats they face, or
which are redundant because those providers may already employ sufficient
cybersecurity practices to reasonably reduce the risk of successful exploits
by the most sophisticated threat actors," she wrote.

The move follows a predictable pattern in a Trump administration which has
repeatedly illustrated its de-prioritization of online protection, having
already decimated public cybersecurity services through layoffs and
re-assignments within CISA . 

The administration has also demonstrated its aims in deregulation, especially
within the technology industry - even going so far as to overrule state laws
to dismantle existing protections for consumers of AI in order to give AI
companies more freedoms. 

Via The Record 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/us-fcc-repeals-cybersecurity-rules-aime
d-at-preventing-salt-typhoon-esque-attacks

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