Sen. Marco Rubio, who is on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that as 'time goes on, we're going to learn more' about Chinese hacking of U.S. telecom companies, calling it a 'very serious situation that we face.'In October federal authorities launched an investigation into a cyberattack linked to China-backed hackers that targeted major U.S. telecommunications companies and systems used for key government intelligence collection capabilities, a U.S.
I think there's more that's still being gathered.'Rubio noted that although this breach does not appear to directly affect the integrity of the U.S. presidential election, it is cause for wider concern of national security going forward. 'It's a very serious situation that we face. And I think one that is quite threatening, maybe not directly to the election per se, but certainly to the national security of our country moving forward,' Rubio said on 'Face the Nation.