Gomez Slams Vote Overturning Salt Typhoon Order Ahead of FCC Meeting

FCC Cybersecurity Vote Was Rocky

UPDATE The Salt Typhoon telecommunications breach, which began in 2024 and continued into 2025, was described by U.S. security experts as the worst such hack in U.S. history. It’s at the heart of one of the items the FCC voted on yesterday. The FCC rescinded what the leadership said was an “unlawful and ineffective” cybersecurity ruling from the previous administration and replaced it with an order that Chairman Brendan Carr said would work bett…

Gomez Slams Vote Overturning Salt Typhoon Order Ahead of FCC Meeting

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez on Wednesday slammed the agency's move to reverse its January declaratory ruling and NPRM addressing the Salt Typhoon cyberattacks. The new FCC item, set for a vote at Thursday's meeting, would withdraw the NPRM and find...