The Cross Heads

Report: AT&T, Verizon aren’t notifying most victims of Chinese call-records hack

Telecom companies aren’t required to notify customers about every breach. A Federal Communications Commission order in December 2023 adopted a “harm-based notification trigger” in which “notification of a breach to consumers is not required in cases where a carrier can reasonably determine that no harm to customers is reasonably likely to occur as a result […]

December 12, 2024 | AT&T, Policy, salt typhoon, verizon | No comments

US recommends encrypted messaging as Chinese hackers linger in telecom networks

An unnamed FBI official was quoted in the same report as saying that phone users “would benefit from considering using a cellphone that automatically receives timely operating system updates, responsibly managed encryption, and phishing-resistant” multifactor authentication for email accounts, social media, and collaboration tools. The FBI official reportedly said the hackers obtained metadata showing the […]

December 4, 2024 | Chinese hackers, Policy, salt typhoon, Security | No comments

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