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Maria Cantwell: “Some [telecom companies] basically didn't even understand…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Protecting America's Spectrum: A Fireside Chat with Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

Published | Video Starts at 07:28

But I think we see from Salt Typhoon that they got their own problems, not all of them, but Some [telecom companies] basically didn't even understand the [Salt Typhoon] attack. And you know, we as Americans should take this personal because it's attacking our information. It released a ton of information on us. So you have to build more secure networks, telecom sector. (07:28)

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Asserts that some telecom companies did not understand the Salt Typhoon attack.

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