Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas described the ongoing hacking campaign, nicknamed Salt Typhoon, as a 'very sophisticated hack' that poses a 'very, very serious matter' to American national security. The breach has affected eight domestic telecom and internet service providers and dozens more globally, providing Beijing with a roadmap of Chinese spies identified by U.S. officials.
Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview on MSNBC that the hack was “a very sophisticated hack" and a “very, very serious matter.” against American telecoms firms is a “very, very serious matter” that is “still going on,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday in an interview on MSNBC.
The hacking campaign is one of the largest intelligence compromises in U.S. history. It has breached eight domestic telecom and internet service providers and dozens of others around the world, a White House official Mayorkas said that the federal government has “taken action” and that the “telecom providers are focused intensely on it, and they are working in partnership with us to remediate it.
“We know of no threat to people’s security, and if we learn of any cause for concern, we will take action,” he said. “And we will communicate immediately with the American public.” Officials need “the authority to take down drones when the situation so warrants,” he said, and “state and local officials, law enforcement officials, should have counter-drone authorities with appropriate safeguards.”
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