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Senator Ron Wyden Urges Release of Unclassified Report on U.S. Telecommunications Insecurity

Published July 29, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:01

For several years now, I have urged the release of an unclassified report by independent cybersecurity experts titled U.S. telecommunications Insecurity 2022. Congress and the American people deserve to be able to read this report. This report and I may be, Mr. President, the only Senator who has read this report. (00:01–00:19)

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“The press reported that then leader Schumer was also targeted.”
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“The federal government still does not even require US Phone companies to meet minimum cybersecurity standards.”
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“This report contains shocking details about national security threats to our country's phone system that require immediate action.”
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“The Agency has permitted my staff to read the report at their office and this was done in 2023.”
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“They've marked the report unclassified for official use only and have refused to provide copies of the report to Congress.”
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“The Biden administration took no action [to release the report].”
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“The Agency's top telecommunications security expert filed a whistleblower report with the Federal Communications Commission.”
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“There have been numerous incidents of successful unauthorized attempts to access the network user location data of communications service…”
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