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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Zella DC has deployed its first micro data centre in Japan as part of an edge computing solution aimed at telecom operators.
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Edge Centres has started construction on its second site in Victoria, Australia, the Traralgon-based EC8.
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Revenues from cloud services and infrastructure increased 25% for operators and vendors in the first half of the year, taking revenues to $235 billion.
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Digital economy development is accelerating worldwide as economies look to recover from the effect of the ongoing pandemic. Indeed, the digital economy has become an important field for promoting economic recovery, establishing competitive advantages and improving governance capabilities.
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Small bit-and-piece distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks rose by 233% in the first half of 2021, revealed Nexusguard in its Threat Report FHY 2021.
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Juniper Networks has announced that it has been selected by Palestinian telco Paltel Group to upgrade and develop parts of its network and infrastructure.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is now assessing an application from Boeing that could see it launch and operate 147 satellites to provide broadband access.
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From ageing infrastructure to on-demand energy models, Terry Storrar, MD of Leaseweb UK, writes about the new quick wins improving data centre sustainability
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French military equipment company Thales is working with Google Cloud on a sovereign cloud offering to be based in France.
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Brazilians in remote and rural areas will soon benefit from better internet connectivity, as ANATEL approved the use of TV white space (TVWS).
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American Tower has closed its acquisition of colo provider DataSite, bolstering its presence in the edge data centre space.
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