Advisory board were investigating the Chinese state-sponsored Salt Typhoon cyber-attack
The advisory board responsible for investigating the Chinese state-sponsored Salt Typhoon cyber-attack has apparently been fired just days after the inauguration of President Trump.
According to media reports, the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) was one of many advisory boards working within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to be cut in what has been justified in a letter by acting secretary of the DHS, Benjamin C. Huffman, as a way to “eliminate a misuse of resources.”
The attack compromised numerous US telecommunications providers, and the CSRB was acting as a transparent investigative body tasked with uncovering how the attack unfolded, and what vulnerabilities needed to be addressed.
“Future committee activities will be focused solely on advancing our critical mission to protect the homeland and support DHS’s strategic priorities,” the letter continued.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
