The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has Ignored Multiple Requests to Release Vital Information; Following China’s Salt Typhoon Hack of U.S. Networks, Americans Deserve to see the Unclassified Report

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Ron Wyden (D-OR) demanded the release of a report detailing specific, serious threats to U.S. phone networks, which the Trump administration has refused to release.
“The continued suppression of a report identifying serious vulnerabilities of the U.S. telecommunications sector undermines the public’s understanding of these threats and stymies an important public debate on a path forward to secure the U.S. telecommunications sector and protect the U.S. government and all Americans who rely on that sector,”Warner and Wyden wrote in a letter sent today.
Federal inaction on telephone network security has enabled foreign governments to repeatedly spy on Americans, threatening U.S. national security. Most notably, the Salt Typhoon hack of several U.S. telecommunications companies in 2024 by actors affiliated with the Chinese government reportedly targeted the communications of senior U.S. government officials and maintained deep access to sensitive communications infrastructure.
Warner and Wyden wrote that increased transparency about U.S. telephone network security is essential to spurring the government and phone companies to shore up security vulnerabilities. They also called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard to encourage the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish mandatory minimum cybersecurity standards for phone networks.
Read the full letterhere.