US has responded to Chinese-linked cyber attacks on telecoms firms, Sullivan says

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Source: Reuters

January 10, 2025 10:45 AM EST Updated 10 hours ago


WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The United States has take steps in response to Chinese-linked cyber-espionage operations against U.S. telecoms firms, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday.

U.S. telecoms firms AT&T (T.N) and Verizon (VZ.N) said late last year their networks had been targeted by the cyber hackers, but were now secure as they worked with the U.S. government and law enforcement.

"We have taken steps in response to Salt Typhoon, in response to Volt Typhoon, we have sent clear messages to the PRC about what it would actually mean if they acted to disrupt American critical infrastructure and how we would respond," Sullivan told reporters, referring to China by the initials of its official name, the People's Republic of China.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/us-has-responded-chinese-linked-cyber-attacks-telecoms-firms-sullivan-says-2025-01-10/

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Short article at post time.

[usonian]

1. Lazy-ass, cheap-ass telcos.

https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/01/gao-mulls-cost-evaluation-nationwide-telecom-hardware-replacement/401963/

One major vulnerability exploited by China’s Salt Typhoon hacking unit is a Cisco hardware flaw that can’t be patched and requires physical replacement, according to a person with knowledge of the intrusions.

One?

[Who_Me]

2. Lazy most likely, cheep most definitely.

IT and security patches are chronically underfunded in most corporations.
If there were requirements that you have to have hacking insurance and the only way to get the insurance would be to patch your systems within one week of a patch coming out, might help.
Companies might take it a bit more serious.

Having a background in electronics and back in the day, having worked with Cisco switches, it makes me wonder what it is inside of Cisco switches and or routers that is at fault.
(Video storage networks)

Might be time to say, if you sell to the government you can not have any business office's in China