DHS says no permanent fix to cellular network vulnerabilities

A vulnerability in a key global cellular network is a design flaw beyond the ability of anyone to repair, a Homeland Security official said on Wednesday, though devices with end-to-end encryption capability are able to protect consumers at least in part.

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“These are design vulnerabilities,” Andy Ozment, the assistant secretary for cybersecurity at DHS, told members of a House Oversight panel. “As the system is designed, you cannot fix it, per se. What you can do is, carriers can monitor their networks for suspicious activity, and then block that suspicious activity.”