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Chiara Castro

Salt Typhoon hack – US Senator presents new bill to beef up telecoms' security

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A US Senator has presented a new bill to secure the networks of the country's telecommunication companies targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon hacking group.

What's considered to be the largest intelligence compromise in US history sparked a call to all US citizens to switch to encrypted communications last week. At least eight of the country's largest telecoms were hacked to spy on their customers' activities, including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies.

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