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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The European Union has approved a proposal to start work on a €2.4 billion project to build a strategic network of satellites for critical infrastructure.
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Equinix has joined Gaia-X, a project to speed creation of a sovereign European digital infrastructure.
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Orange has bought two Swiss cyber security companies and added them to its Orange Cyberdefense portfolio.
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Global digital engineering provider Persistent Systems has announced the launch of a new solution that allows organisations to recover quicker from cyberattacks with Google Cloud.
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The technical director of the UK’s cyber security agency has announced his departure with a thought-provoking blog criticising software design.
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Eastern European carrier A1 Telekom Austria is closing October – which was international cyber security month – by admitting there were 28 million attacks in August alone in numerous group countries.
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Data centre managers are facing profound difficulties. Aruba’s Giancarlo Giacomello talks to Saf Malik about how he meets these challenges proactively and trends to watch for
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A company with a close relationship with UK security agencies is to provide secure cloud services in association with Arqit Quantum.
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Pioneering UK companies in the quantum computing and security industry have set up a lobby group, UKQuantum, to be a “voice for the sector”.
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Optus says it is investigating the possible unauthorised access of current and former customers’ information after a cyberattack.
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Luxembourg-based satellite company SES is to lead a 20-company consortium to deliver a satellite system for European quantum cybersecurity.
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Multiple production companies have hit Verizon, AT&T and Comcast with copyright lawsuits for failing to stop movie piracy.
