Catch up quick

@ D.C.

🚨 Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) called the Salt Typhoon attacks the "worst telecom hack in our nation's history — by far" and warned the intrusions could be much worse than the public realizes. (Washington Post)

☎️ Lawmakers are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to propose new rules to reevaluate the laws that allow for wiretapping after the Salt Typhoon telecom hacks. (Nextgov)

🪖 The Philippine Army is recruiting civilian hackers to join its team and fight cyberattacks. (Rest of World)

@ Industry

💪🏻 Insurer Crum & Forster is now offering professional liability insurance to chief information security officers. (CyberScoop)

☁️ Wiz is acquiring risk management company Dazz in a deal sources say is valued at $450 million. (TechCrunch)

📈 Palo Alto Networks says it's on track to reach at least 2,500 platform deals over the next five years after closing the last quarter with a total of 1,100. (Cybersecurity Dive)

@ Hackers and hacks

⚠️ Attackers have compromised around 2,000 Palo Alto Networks firewalls using two recently patched zero-day vulnerabilities. (Help Net Security)

🚔 The U.S. charged five men it alleges are part of the Scattered Spider hacking team that attacked MGM Resorts and Caesars. (Axios)

🇨🇳 New research presented at Cyberwarcon today details the underground market where Chinese surveillance agency workers are recruited to resell their access to privileged databases of people's most sensitive information. (Wired)