Senior Cyber Safety Briefing for November 20, 2025
🏛️ FCC Faces Pushback Over Plan to Roll Back Telecom Cyber Rules The FCC is preparing to reverse several cybersecurity requirements placed on U.S. telecom carriers after past high-impact network breaches. Lawmakers are warning that removing these safeguards could weaken national communications security. Source: Cybersecurity Dive Why it matters to seniors: Telecom networks power your phone, internet, emergency alerts, and tele-health connections. Weakening security rules raises the risk of outages, fraud, and data leaks — all of which disproportionately affect older adults. 🧠 “WrtHug” Campaign Hijacks Tens of Thousands of ASUS Routers Security researchers confirmed a widespread cyber-operation exploiting six vulnerabilities in older ASUS WRT routers. The compromised devices are being used for espionage and to relay other attacks. Source: The Hacker News Why it matters to seniors: Many seniors keep routers running long after security support ends. A hacked router can lead ...