{
  "id": 16432,
  "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/chinese-telecom-firms-kept-footholds-us-networks-despite-federal-crackdowns-house-probe-finds/415190",
  "title": "Chinese telecom firms kept footholds in US networks despite federal crackdowns, House probe finds",
  "summary": "China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom retained equipment, data center space and network ties after FCC restrictions, including a China Mobile-linked network that appeared in routes to Salt Typhoon servers.",
  "authors": "David DiMolfetta",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "environment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us,china",
  "published_at": "2026-08-04T16:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-05T05:10:44.550Z",
  "source_slug": "x-nextgov-fcw",
  "source_name": "NextGov/FCW",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.nextgov.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16432",
  "original_url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/chinese-telecom-firms-kept-footholds-us-networks-despite-federal-crackdowns-house-probe-finds/415190",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}