Experts See Little Progress After Major Chinese Telecom Hack

Salt Typhoon Exposed Major Flaws in Telecom Networks. Few Changes Have Been Made Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • April 30, 2025

Telecommunications ranks among the most vulnerable sectors following Chinese government-backed attacks against U.S. carrier networks that constituted one of the most expansive intrusions in American history - and little has been done to prevent a repeat.

That was the warning from a panel of national security and telecommunications experts who told Wednesday the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the Salt Typhoon hacking represented a failure of the U.S. cyber defenses to protect critical infrastructure. The country has "precious little to show" for all the activity the hackers generated, said Jamil Jaffer, founder and executive director of the National Security Institute, citing measures such as a White House unified coordination group, multiple law enforcement ...