Pentagon’s use of commercial telecoms draw scrutiny after Chinese breaches

[rbc]

The Pentagon’s inspector general is launching a three-pronged investigation into the department’s “failure to secure its unclassified telephone communications from foreign espionage,” a top IG official has informed lawmakers.

The inquest, which follows Chinese penetrations of U.S. telecommunications companies, will look at three ways the Pentagon uses unclassified commercial devices and services, Jaryd Bern, assistant inspector general for legislative affairs and communications, wrote in a March 20 letter to Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.
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Pentagon’s use of commercial telecoms draw scrutiny after Chinese breaches