The annual defense spending bill contains money the FCC has sought to use to reimburse telecommunications carriers for removing Chinese equipment.

It would go beyond the FCC’s own proposal to regulate telecommunications carriers under federal wiretapping law.

House lawmakers and witnesses weighed in on secure-by-design incentives, subpar developers and the initiative’s future under new CISA leadership.

The United States and other Western nations released guidance Tuesday designed to evict the China-linked group in the wake of the high-profile hack.

The idea behind the initiative, details of which CyberScoop is first reporting, is that too much cyber expertise doing volunteer work is uncoordinated.

Evgenii Ptitsyn is said to have helped operate a ransomware-as-a-service organization that extorted millions from more than 1K victims, including schools and hospitals.

The reported scope of the Salt Typhoon hacks has expanded in recent days and weeks, from the incoming president to top U.S. officials.

The interim Federal Chief Information Security Officer spelled out some 2025 agenda items for feds at CyberTalks.

U.S. authorities said they are investigating “unauthorized access to telecommunications infrastructure” by hackers linked to China.

The 40-member panel has suggestions for whoever wins, from how to handle regulations to deterring malicious hackers.