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Senator says AT&T and Verizon blocked release of Salt Typhoon security reports<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-03 16:46:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nSen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said Tuesday that Verizon and AT&T are preventing the release of documents tied to Salt Typhoon, a Chinese cyber collective that infiltrated U.S. telecom networks and other communications systems around the world.Cantwell wrote in a letter that she sought network security assessments conducted by Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant, but said the company declined to hand over the materials after receiving direction from both AT&T and Verizon.Now, Cantwell wants the companies’ chief executives to testify before Congress.Both carriers, which were accessed by the hackers at some point before the breaches were discovered in 2024, \u201chave chosen not to cooperate, which raises serious questions about the extent to which Americans who use these networks remain exposed to unacceptable risk,\u201d Cantwell wrote in a letter addressed to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Cantwell serves as ranking member of the panel.\u201cThe Commerce Committee discussed Salt Typhoon and other cybercommunications threats in its December hearing, \u2018Signal Under Siege: Defending America\u2019s Communications Networks,\u2019\u201d a Commerce Committee spokesperson said in a statement when asked about the letter.Mandiant declined to comment. Nextgov\/FCW has also asked AT&T and Verizon for comment.Cantwell said AT&T and Verizon acknowledged the existence of cybersecurity assessments detailing vulnerabilities in their networks, but then blocked both Congress and the firm that conducted the reviews from sharing those findings.She \u201cwrote to Mandiant requesting copies of these reports and other relevant documentation. But AT&T and Verizon apparently intervened to block Mandiant from cooperating with my requests,\u201d the letter says.The FBI assessed last year that Salt Typhoon targeted over 80 countries and said some 600 organizations were notified of potential compromise. Deemed one of the worst intelligence breaches in U.S. history, Chinese cyberspies also compromised several carriers\u2019 \u201clawful intercept\u201d systems that facilitate court-ordered wiretap requests, allowing them to target key officials\u2019 phone calls, including President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.The dynamic described by Cantwell mirrors a similar matter reported by Nextgov\/FCW this past June in which two major U.S. telecom operators\u2019 incident response staff were instructed by outside counsel not to look for signs of Salt Typhoon presence, a person familiar said at the time. The person declined to name the firms because the matter is sensitive.<\/p>\n

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