Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and ranking member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent a letter to the CEOs of Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies on Oct. 10, seeking answers after the companies were reported hacked by a group with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The Wall Street Journal first reported the hack, writing that several telecom companies, including the three named, were victims of a CCP-backed cyberattack and that hackers had access to the networks for months or longer.
“The implications of any breach of this nature would be difficult to overstate,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter….