Cyber Security
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T-Mobile has confirmed a significant cyber attack allegedly carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers, marking the latest in a series of breaches targeting major telecom providers globally. -
US security agencies claim Chinese-affiliated hackers are conducting a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” against US telco operators.
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EU cybersecurity experts conducted a series of exercises to test the bloc’s preparedness for large-scale cyber crises.
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Social media app TikTok has said it will fight an order by the Canadian government to cease operations in the country over national security concerns.
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Google Cloud announced it will make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all users of its cloud services.
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Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s security agency’s surveillance of international telecom operators to try and detect cyber threats was unconstitutional.
Forthcoming events
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Airtel Africa and UNICEF have signed a five-year "multi-million dollar" partnership to scale-up digital learning for children across 13 African countries.
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Digital Realty has added to the remit of its long-standing CFO, by appointing him to the newly created position of company president.
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Network access and virtualization specialist Ekinops has acquired the Geneva-based start-up SixSq, software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider for edge computing.
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Open RAN will create a more open, flexible and adaptable network for the mobile industry according to research from CCS Insight.
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AtlasEdge has acquired 12 data centres from Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) for an undisclosed sum.
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Facebook is to add two new buildings to the Los Lunas Data Center, New Mexico, and initiate new wind, solar and water restoration projects in the state to offset its impact.
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Vodafone Foundation has launched an international search for climate change research partners to help expand the focus of its DreamLab smartphone app.
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Shin-Won Choi, CEO and chairman of SK networks has resigned from his positions.
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Alibaba Cloud is ramping up its business strategy in Thailand with the launch of a new partner alliance, education scheme and plans to set up its first hyperscale data centre.
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Oracle is launching a series of new cloud regions using Orange’s infrastructure in Senegal and Ivory Coast.
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HGC Global Communications (HGC) has appointed Daniel Ng as its new senior vice president of corporate business.
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Ericsson has partnered with Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) to develop private 5G-ready networks in Russia.
