Over 160 of the world’s largest enterprises had their data stolen this year. All by the same attack strategy. Each of the businesses, ranging from AT&T and Santander Bank to Advance Auto Parts and Ticketmaster parent company LiveNation, had uploaded massive volumes of sensitive customer...
More than 100,000 Verizon users lost access to mobile services Monday (Sept. 30). The wireless carrier said it was aware of the issue, per a report by NBC News, marking the latest in a series of mass technical outages this year. “We’re aware of a Verizon outage impacting customers...
Data breaches are like opinions — these days, it seems like everyone has one. But that’s not great news for the business landscape, particularly as critical infrastructure providers are increasingly targeted by bad actors. And with the news Tuesday (Sept. 17) that the Federal Communications...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached a settlement with AT&T that resolves the agency’s investigation into a January 2023 hack in which AT&T customer information was taken from a vendor’s cloud environment. A consent decree resolving this investigation requires AT&T to pay $13 million...
August 01, 2024
Effective cybersecurity programs are critical for today’s traditional industries, where IT spending is low and historically deprioritized relative to other initiatives. As these industries undergo digital transformation, bad actors frequently wait in the wings to strike. Ensuring operational resiliency in the face of an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape is top of mind for businesses across […]
April 02, 2024
The fallout from the massive data breach at AT&T — where information tied to 73 million current and former account holders was leaked — has yet to be felt. And...
December 07, 2023
5G broadband networks are viewed by many as a business-first digital innovation and enterprise revolution. And that isn’t because, from a consumer standpoint, 5G networks are just around the corner...
July 21, 2022
Earnings season is upon us, and the deluge for the FinTech IPO Index has yet to swell and break. No doubt there will be waves of commentary on the state...
December 04, 2024
Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon reportedly has stolen the call record metadata of a “large number” of Americans. The metadata was taken in a broad and ongoing attack on America’s telecommunications infrastructure, Reuters reported Wednesday (Dec. 4), citing an unnamed senior U.S. official. Speaking during a press call, the official said that the hackers have […]
September 30, 2024
More than 100,000 Verizon users lost access to mobile services Monday (Sept. 30). The wireless carrier said it was aware of the issue, per a report by NBC News, marking the latest in a...
September 17, 2024
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached a settlement with AT&T that resolves the agency’s investigation into a January 2023 hack in which AT&T customer information was taken from a...
July 24, 2024
AT&T is finding that by offering both mobility and broadband services, it’s gaining and retaining more customers. The company added 419,000 postpaid phone subscribers during the second quarter, up from...
