Hackers pose as IT department to break into Odido’s systems
On Thursday, Dutch mobile operator Odido notified customers that the company had been hacked and their personal data may have been leaked.
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Tag: Cybersecurity
Verizon and AT&T refuse to release documents on Salt Typhoon attack
Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell said on Tuesday that both AT&T and Verizon had refused to hand over key security documents related to the Salt Typhoon cyberattack in 2024.
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Online safety-focused ISP Gigabit IQ seeking to crowdfund £270,000
According to a report from ISPreview, UK ISP Gigabit IQ has opened a crowdfunding round seeking £270,000 to accelerate its expansion.
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NCSC warns critical infrastructure is being pummelled by Russian DDoS attacks
This week, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning that Russian-state backed hackers are consistently targeting the UK public sector and critical infrastructure with dedicated denial of service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt and disable services.
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SK Telecom to fight regulator over record data breach fine
SKT has said it will appeal the fine, with reports suggesting that the operator deems the fine to be unjustified and disproportionate
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CypressTel talks SD-WAN, SASE, and being the gateway to China
We caught up with CypressTel’s CEO Connee Zhang, Director of Global Business Eva Yu, and Associate Director of Partnership & Business Development Sam Ho to discuss the shifting global telecoms market and the rise of AI
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UK govt earmarks £210m to fortify its cyber defences
Today, the UK government has unveiled a new cybersecurity plan, introducing new measures aimed at making government departments and public services more secure.
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LG Uplus’s AI voice call app glitch leaks user data
LG Uplus revealed that a temporary technical error earlier this week related to its AI-based voice call application, ixi O, had led to the exposure of private user information.
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Indian government U-turns on mandatory mobile security app
News Onlookers fear the app could pose a significant threat to user privacy Back in January, the...
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Korean regulator hits SKT with $97m fine over data breach
This week, South Korea’s privacy regulator has announced it will fine SK Telecom 134.8 billion won (~$97 million) in response to a data breach the company revealed in April.
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TPG suffers data breach impacting 280,000 customers
Australia’s TPG has become the latest telco to suffer a major cybersecurity breach this weekend, with data having been exfiltrated from its ISP subsidiary, iiNet.
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Deutsche Telekom and Porsche target defence sector with €500m fund
Geopolitical instability across the globe is seeing European spending on defence technology surge
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Orange Cyberdefense acquires Swiss cybersecurity specialist ensec
Orange Cyberdefense, the cybersecurity subsidiary of Orange, has acquired 100% of ensec, a Swiss cybersecurity company based in Zurich, known for its expertise in consulting, IT security integration, managed security services and tailored support for a wide-ranging portfolio of products from leading cybersecurity providers.
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Orange Business launches Defense & Security Division
The new Defense & Security Division aims to strengthen and develop existing activities to address several key challenges: deployment of resilient connectivity solutions, hybridization of civilian and military networks, hosting of sensitive data, emergency communication systems, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity
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Telefónica Tech taps Wiz for cloud security in Spain
Telefónica Tech will incorporate the Wiz security platform into its cloud security services portfolio and offer professional services to help organizations protect everything created and run in multi-cloud environments
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AT&T to pay $177m to customers hit by data breaches
On Friday, a US court judge gave preliminary approval for a $177 million settlement proposed by AT&T to resolve class-action lawsuits levelled against the company following major data breaches.
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BT research shows 2 million British SMEs lack cybersecurity training
A study by BT in partnership with Be the Business reveals that two in five (39%) SMEs, equivalent to two million businesses, have not arranged cyber security training for their teams1 – despite four in ten (42%) small businesses having experienced a cyber attack in the last 12 months, increasing to two in three (67%) for medium-sized companies2.
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SKT ends post-cyberattack subscription pause
The South Korean mobile operator will resume subscriber acquisition while continuing to issue replacement USIM cards to existing customers affected by the attack
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Senators push Homeland Security to reinstate Cyber Safety Review Board
A group of U.S. Senate Democrats has penned an open letter to Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, imploring her to reinstate the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) as a matter of urgency.
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SKT data breach potentially leaks data from 26.9 million users
This week, a joint public–private investigation as revealed the enormous scale of a recently reported data breach impacting South Korean telco SK Telecom (SKT).
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