Cybersecurity
Senator Demands Overhaul of Telecom Security to Curb Abuses
- Security flaws in mobile networks have allowed for spying
- Wyden calls for threat to be ‘meaningfully addressed’ by Biden
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Foreign governments are abusing security flaws in mobile phone networks to secretly track Americans in the US and journalists and dissidents abroad, Senator Ron Wyden has warned.
In a letter sent to President Joe Biden on Thursday, reviewed by Bloomberg News, Wyden is urging the White House to counter the threat by supporting a major overhaul of cybersecurity standards for US-based wireless carriers.