Cyber Security
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T-Mobile’s cybersecurity chief has come out in support of the company’s security measures after it was targeted by Chinese-linked hackers, saying its defences “worked as designed.” -
A former US telecom and IT worker was sentenced to four years in prison for passing on information about Chinese dissidents to the Chinese government.
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BT has announced an expansion of its managed secure SD-WAN solution for UK business and public sector customers.
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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BT has appointed Bharti Airtel’s group CIO, Harmeen Mehta, to lead a new digital division as chief digital and innovation officer.
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DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) confirmed that it received an unsolicited, preliminary and non-binding proposal from Atos SE Wednesday night to acquire all DXC Technology shares.
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Deutsche Telekom is reportedly preparing to sell its Dutch subsidiary T-Mobile Netherlands.
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Huawei is willing to fund exhaustive security checks of its equipment in Sweden as a way of allowing operators to bid for 5G licences using its kit.
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Irish operator Eir has expanded its activities in IT services by buying Dublin-based Evros Technology Group.
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Cloud security company F5 has bought edge company Volterra for US$500 million.
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British Airways has informed the court of its plans to settle compensation claims for customers affected by its two data breaches in 2018.
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NTT Ltd. released its latest Global Threat Intelligence Report for January 2021, which found that global threat landscape has evolved greatly over the past few years.
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Outgoing US president Donald Trump has taken action to ban the use in the country of Chinese e-commerce services including Alipay and WeChat.
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Two major international telcos have bolstered their presence in the fintech space with the launch of new finance services.
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The highest city in the world is to benefit from fibre broadband connectivity thanks to the deployment of a GPON broadband network.
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Yuen Kuan Moon, the new group CEO of Singtel, has started in his new role.
