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Add Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to the list of those expressing concern about 5G network security. It is a long list. In a letter to FCC chairman Ajit Pai, Wyden urged the FCC to protect next-gen wireless broadband networks against hackers, scam artists and foreign spies. Wyden is recommending that ...

Said carriers haven't done enough on their own

Add Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to the list of those expressing concern about 5G network security. It is a long list.

In a letter to FCC chairman Ajit Pai, Wyden urged the FCC to protect next-gen wireless broadband networks against hackers, scam artists and foreign spies.

Wyden is recommending that the FCC "require all wireless carriers to implement improved cybersecurity measures – including upgrading encryption and authentication features – on 5G telephone networks," and to "mandate carriers provide consumers with adequate information to evaluate carriers’ cybersecurity efforts in order to make informed decisions."

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Wyden hammered wireless carriers, saying the FCC steps were necessary because "For decades, wireless carriers have ignored known cybersecurity vulnerabilities that foreign governments were and are still actively exploiting to target Americans.

He also suggested the FCC had allowed that alleged inaction. "The FCC must stop leaving the cybersecurity of American consumers, businesses and government agencies to wireless carriers," he said, "and finally secure America’s next-generation 5G networks against interception and hacking by criminals and foreign spies."

The FCC this month is scheduled to vote on an item that prohibits government broadband subsidy money from being spent on technology that could compromise those 5G networks, particularly from Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE, which the intelligence community has identified as potential threats to national security. 


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