Hacker News with Generative AI: Telecom

More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos now hit via Cisco bugs (theregister.com)
China's Salt Typhoon spy crew exploited vulnerabilities in Cisco devices to compromise at least seven devices linked to global telecom providers and other orgs, in addition to its previous victim count.

Cybersecurity, China, Cisco, Telecom, Espionage

9 points by rntn 8 days ago | 1 comments

FCC net neutrality rules dead again as appeals court sides with Big Telco (theregister.com)
The prolonged fight for net neutrality in America has shifted once again, with the FCC's resurrected regulations struck down by a panel of appeals court judges today.

Net Neutrality, Telecom, Law, Government, United States

36 points by chrisandchris 47 days ago | 6 comments

U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions (krebsonsecurity.com)
Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&T and Verizon.

Cybercrime, Security, Law Enforcement, Telecom

289 points by mmsc 52 days ago | 214 comments

Congress funds removal of Chinese telecom gear as feds probe home router risks (msn.com)

Congress, Telecom, Cybersecurity, National Security, China

4 points by jnord 64 days ago | 1 comments

Why did China hack the world's phone networks? (theguardian.com)
Chinese hackers have breached dozens of telecommunications companies around the world. The breach, christened Salt Typhoon by Microsoft cybersecurity researchers, has afforded the cybercriminals unprecedented access not only to information on who has been texting or calling whom and when, but also on the contents of some messages, a much higher technical bar to clear in a cyber-attack.

Cybersecurity, China, Telecom, Hacking, International Relations

9 points by bookofjoe 71 days ago | 0 comments

Telecom industry 'think tank' tries to smear community owned broadband (techdirt.com)
We’ve noted for decades how the U.S. broadband sector is a mess thanks to corruption and unchecked monopoly power working tirelessly to undermine U.S. telecom competition.

Telecom, Broadband, Competition, Monopoly, Corruption

44 points by hn_acker 77 days ago | 5 comments

White House official: 8 US telecom providers hacked by Chinese (cnn.com)

Cybersecurity, China, Telecom, Government, Hacking

11 points by iamricks 79 days ago | 6 comments

US recommends encrypted messaging as Chinese hackers linger in telecom networks (arstechnica.com)
A US government security official urged Americans to use encrypted messaging as major telecom companies struggle to evict Chinese hackers from their networks.

Cybersecurity, Government Recommendations, China, Telecom, Hacking

13 points by eysquared 79 days ago | 1 comments

China's Hacking Reached Deep into U.S. Telecoms (nytimes.com)
China’s recent breach of the innermost workings of the U.S. telecommunications system reached far deeper than the Biden administration has described, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Thursday, with hackers able to listen in on telephone conversations and read text messages.

Cybersecurity, China, Telecom, United States, Government

29 points by bookofjoe 90 days ago | 2 comments

CEO of Telecom QLink pleads guilty to USD$100M fraud (justice.gov)
MIAMI –Issa Asad, 51, of Southwest Ranches, Fla., and Q Link Wireless LLC, of Dania Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud and commit offenses against the United States in connection with a years-long scheme to steal over $100 million from a celebrated federal program providing discounted phone service to people in need.

Telecom, Fraud, Law Enforcement, Business

5 points by novaleaf 122 days ago | 1 comments

Salt Typhoon Shows There's No Security Backdoor That's Only for the "Good Guys" (eff.org)
At EFF we’ve long noted that you cannot build a backdoor that only lets in good guys and not bad guys. Over the weekend, we saw another example of this: The Wall Street Journal reported on a major breach of U.S. telecom systems attributed to a sophisticated Chinese-government backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon.

Cybersecurity, Government Surveillance, China, Hacking, Telecom

86 points by Sami_Lehtinen 127 days ago | 8 comments

Pirate IPTV Subscribers Warned They Face "Automated Fines" (torrentfreak.com)
The head of telecoms regulator AGCOM confirmed this week that a memorandum of understanding between the Prosecutor's Office, Guardia di Finanza, and AGCOM, heralds a new stage in Italy's fight against IPTV piracy.

IPTV, Piracy, Italy, Law Enforcement, Telecom

12 points by austinallegro 129 days ago | 2 comments

Salt Typhoon hacked US broadband providers and breached wiretap systems (securityaffairs.com)

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Telecom, Hacking, Government Surveillance

18 points by janandonly 137 days ago | 2 comments

AT&T, Verizon reportedly hacked to target US govt wiretapping platform (bleepingcomputer.com)
Multiple U.S. broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, have been breached by a Chinese hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Cybersecurity, Telecom, Government, China

234 points by el_duderino 137 days ago | 59 comments

Broadcom offers AT&T a 1050% increase to renew VMware contract (theregister.com)
AT&T has claimed that Broadcom made it an offer to increase prices by 1,050 percent, and may be influencing other vendors to make a migration harder.

Business, Technology, Telecom, Acquisitions, Contracts

13 points by dhruvrrp 143 days ago | 5 comments

Verizon to eliminate 5,000 employees in nearly $2B cost-cutting move (fortune.com)
Verizon Communications Inc. will take a pre-tax charge of as much as $1.9 billion in the third quarter tied to 4,800 planned job cuts.

Verizon, Telecom, Layoffs, Cost Cutting, Business

13 points by belter 161 days ago | 7 comments

AT&T sues Broadcom for 'breaking' VMware support extension contract (theregister.com)

Lawsuits, Technology, Telecom, Contracts

26 points by bretpiatt 166 days ago | 2 comments

Telecom that enabled Biden deepfake scam will pay FCC $1M (techcrunch.com)

Telecom, Scams, Deepfakes, FCC, Politics

8 points by ankitdce 184 days ago | 0 comments

17,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast strike over contract negotiations (npr.org)

Labor Unions, Strikes, Telecom

93 points by rntn 187 days ago | 20 comments

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