The new US government has dismissed all non-state members of various advisory committees and, among other things, abruptly halted the investigation into the devastating cyberattack on US providers. Reuters news agency has given this news. The Cybersecurity Review Board’s investigation into the attack is “concluded,” according to people familiar with the matter, citing journalist Eric Geller. Senator Ron Wyden (Democrat) talks about “a big gift to Chinese spies” who also targeted Donald Trump and JD Vance.
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Fiber Optic: New round of Gigabit funding 2.0 starts earlyDHS has terminated everyone’s membership on its advisory committees. This includes several cyber committees, such as CISA’s Advisory Panel and the Cybersecurity Review Board, which was investigating Salt Typhoon. The person familiar says that review is “dead.” www.documentcloud.org/documents/25…
-Eric Geller (@ericjgeller.com, January 21, 2025 at 9:43 pm
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Cyber ​​Security Review Board (SRB)csrb) has been in existence since 2022 and is staffed by cybersecurity agency CISA. Indeed state institutions such as the NSA or the Ministry of Justice were represented, but also private sector actors such as Google or cybersecurity companies. The expertise gathered will be used to investigate particularly serious cyber security incidents. For example, in the summer of 2023 there were reports of attacks on the Log4Shell gap or Microsoft Exchange. Recently, the Committee looked at attacks on US providers that were allegedly carried out from China.
In early October it became known that attackers working for the Chinese government had managed to compromise the networks of AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and other providers. The group, named “Salt Typhoon”, “Ghostemperor” or “FamousSparrow”, was apparently concerned with obtaining information. The chairman of the Senate committee responsible for intelligence said in November that it was “the largest telecommunications hack ever in American history”. According to Geller, the CSRB’s analysis was less than half-assed. The reason for dismissal was “misuse of resources”.
As Reuters reportsThe CSRB is one of several advisory bodies affiliated with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). So they support things like disaster control, AI and technology. With the dismissal of all non-government appointees, it is not necessary for the CSRB and others to stop their work. But the functionality is quite limited. According to DHS, people who have been laid off can reapply, but it may be too late for ongoing work. Reuters wrote that the CSRB’s investigation into the “Salt Typhoon” cyberattack has effectively ended.
(mho)
US government: low impact on stage operators
