By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-23 19:28:41 | Updated at 2024-12-24 01:45:45
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US Government officials urged to lock down devices amid telecoms breach
Tech Radar ^ | 12/23/24
Posted on 12/23/2024 11:23:22 AM PST by EBH
CISA has urged ‘highly targeted’ individuals in the US Government or in senior political positions to immediately review and implement strict security measures with their mobile devices.
This comes after multiple major US telecoms firms were hit by security breaches earlier in 2024, most likely originating from state-sponsored Chinese hackers.
Recent reports also confirmed that the group behind the attack, Salt Typhoon, had not yet been fully eradicated, and still lurks inside US telecoms networks.
As part of its advisory, CISA also released a best practice guide for mobile communications, which includes instructions on using end-to-end encryption, password managers, Fast Identity Online (a phishing resistance authentication), and advice on how to migrate away from SMS based multi factor authentication.
CISA recommends iPhone users turn on ‘Lockdown mode’, which strictly limits certain apps and makes many features unavailable in order to reduce the attack surface that attackers could potentially exploit.
The scale of this attack makes it a serious concern for any high-ranking officials, with major networks like Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies found to have threat actors with access inside their systems.
“Highly targeted individuals should assume that all communications between mobile devices — including government and personal devices — and internet services are at risk of interception or manipulation,” CISA said.
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CISA has released an advisory for US government communications
Government officials are encouraged to lock down their devices
This follows the discovery foreign actors have breached US telecoms networks
1 posted on 12/23/2024 11:23:22 AM PST by EBH
To: EBH
2 posted on 12/23/2024 11:26:34 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
To: EBH
JUST IN TIME to wipe out every text message, phone call, and email records before the new boss is sworn in.
“Sorry Congressman but we had to wipe out all communications records because muh Russia.”
3 posted on 12/23/2024 11:28:22 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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