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ninkosan
@nerdpost.ing

Mmm.. don’t think I’m on board with this take. Yes some of the proposed changes for v2 were dropped, but others were added in; there is no “weakening” of existing stuff happening. Also it’s still the strongest regulatory regime for telecoms *anywhere* by far!

Alexander Martin@alexmartin.bsky.social

Scoop: Britain has weakened proposed cybersecurity protections for its telecoms networks that were developed in response to the Salt Typhoon espionage campaign, after the companies responsible for implementing the measures lobbied against them.

therecord.mediaUK weakens proposed telecoms defenses against Chinese hackers after industry pushbackBritain has weakened proposed cybersecurity protections for its telecoms networks that were developed in response to the Salt Typhoon espionage campaign, after the companies responsible for implementi...

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Alexander Martin
@alexmartin.bsky.social

Do you work in the industry? It's not a take. It's what the government's own documents show. New measures were added, but nothing replaces the dropped signalling IDS or injection block. Different categories of measure addressing different threats. The gaps left by the dropped measures remain gaps.