A group of Chinese Community Party-backed hackers, known as Salt Typhoon, have led the worst telecommunications hack in our nation’s history – targeting both politicians and everyday Americans. They’ve accessed personal data by hacking into telecommunications companies like AT&T, Verizon, Lumen, and others.
These target operations are the latest attempt by China to access information to manipulate Americans and infiltrate our national security. If America doesn’t act soon, we’ll be handing the Chinese government unfettered access to secure information, including your Social Security numbers, passwords, credit card numbers, bank information, and more. Plus – it’ll jeopardize critical national security information.
I’ve led the charge in Congress to stop this crisis before it’s too late:
- Banning the Chinese Communist Party from influencing America’s young people by prohibiting their government’s ownership of TikTok.
- Blocking the U.S. government from relying on Chinese-developed technology to store sensitive data.
Bottom Line: We can and must act now to stop China. We need to protect Americans and defend our national security.