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FCC Votes to Repeal Cybersecurity Rules Post-Salt Typhoon Hack

First seen 2 Dec 2025, 18:33 UTC • Cybersecuritydive

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to rescind cybersecurity rules established after the Salt Typhoon hack, which targeted U.S. telecommunications. This rollback, occurring in December 2025, eliminates requirements for telecom providers to implement stricter security measures, raising concerns about future vulnerabilities to state-sponsored cyber threats.

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20 entities, 34 inferred relationships (STIX 2.1).

Threat Actor (2)

Salt Typhoon
The Gentlemen

Technique (3)

Data Breach
Ransomware
Supply Chain Attack

Campaign (2)

Operation WrtHug
Salt Typhoon hacking campaign

Organization (10)

AT&T
Charter Communications
Consolidated Communications
FCC
Lumen
Lumen Technologies
T-Mobile
Verizon
Windstream
Grafana

Malware (1)

Comet

Affected Platform (1)

Asus Routers

Vulnerability (1)

SCIM Vulnerability In Grafana

Relationships

Salt Typhoon uses Comet
The Gentlemen uses Comet
Salt Typhoon uses Data Breach
Salt Typhoon uses Ransomware
Salt Typhoon uses Supply Chain Attack
The Gentlemen uses Data Breach
The Gentlemen uses Ransomware
The Gentlemen uses Supply Chain Attack
Comet exploits SCIM Vulnerability In Grafana
Operation WrtHug attributed to Salt Typhoon
Operation WrtHug attributed to The Gentlemen
Salt Typhoon hacking campaign attributed to Salt Typhoon
Salt Typhoon hacking campaign attributed to The Gentlemen
Operation WrtHug uses Comet
Salt Typhoon hacking campaign uses Comet
SCIM Vulnerability In Grafana targets Asus Routers
Salt Typhoon targets AT&T
Salt Typhoon targets Charter Communications
Salt Typhoon targets Consolidated Communications
Salt Typhoon targets FCC
The Gentlemen targets AT&T
The Gentlemen targets Charter Communications
The Gentlemen targets Consolidated Communications
The Gentlemen targets FCC
Comet targets AT&T
Comet targets Charter Communications
Comet targets Consolidated Communications
Comet targets FCC
Salt Typhoon related to Lumen
Salt Typhoon related to Lumen Technologies
Salt Typhoon related to T-Mobile
Salt Typhoon related to Verizon
Salt Typhoon related to Windstream
Salt Typhoon related to Grafana

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FCC Votes to Repeal Cybersecurity Rules Post-Salt Typhoon Hack

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