Trump admin fires security board investigating Chinese hack of large ISPs
Trump admin fires security board investigating Chinese hack of large ISPs
Dismantled Cyber Safety Review Board was investigating Salt Typhoon telecom hack.
The review board previously investigated a 2023 hack of Microsoft Exchange Online, producing a report that called out "a cascade of security failures at Microsoft." More recently, it has been investigating how the Chinese hacking group called Salt Typhoon infiltrated major telecom providers such as Verizon and AT&T.
"Effective immediately, the Department of Homeland Security will no longer tolerate any advisory committee[s] which push agendas that attempt to undermine its national security mission, the President's agenda or Constitutional rights of Americans," the DHS statement said.
Oh, that's not worrying or dystopian sounding at all.
Yeah. It's a "fun" ride skimming through the Executive Orders he rolled out as soon as he took office. Should all be accessible from whitehouse.gov