Learn more about the FCC's moves to counter foreign adversarial threats, with the establishment of a Council for National Security within the organization.

The new chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Brendan Carr, has announced that he will be establishing a security council to protect against cyberattacks, with a specific focus on “persistent and constant threat from foreign adversaries, particularly the Chinese Communist party”, The Financial Times reports.

The Federal Communications Commission is targeting Chinese cyberattacks and information operations by setting up a special national security group, the commission said in a statement.