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Sen. Wyden blasts FCC's 'failure' amid Salt Typhoon hacks US telecoms carriers would be required to implement minimum cyber security standards and ensure their systems are not susceptible to hacks by nation-state attackers – like Salt Typhoon – under legislation proposed by senator Ron Wyden (D-OR).…
Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware The US Departments of Treasury and Justice have named a Chinese business and one of its employees as the actors behind the 2020 exploit of a zero-day flaw in Sophos firewalls…
No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets? Chinese cyberspies recorded "very senior" US political figures' calls, according to White House security boss Anne Neuberger.…
Also: Mystery US firm compromised by Chinese hackers for months; Safe links that aren't; Polish spy boss arrested, and more Infosec in brief Still smarting over that grocery disruption caused by a ransomware attack on supply chain SaaS vendor Blue Yonder? Well, now you have someone to point a finger at: the Termite ransomware gang.…
'It's a double-edged sword,' security researchers tell The Reg Feature Chinese tech company employees and government workers are siphoning off user data and selling it online - and even high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials and FBI-wanted hackers' sensitive information is being peddled by the Middle Kingdom's thriving illegal data ecosystem.…