Fraud and Security
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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. -
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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Meta is making its Llama family of AI language models available to US government and defence agencies to power security-related AI applications.
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Google Cloud announced it will make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all users of its cloud services.
Forthcoming events
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DataBank has acquired a 34-acre plot in Orangeburg, New York, where it plans to build a new campus.
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Cape Town South Africa has a new hyperscale data centre the completion of the first phase of Teraco's CT2.
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Orange Europe sets its sight on network convergence as its key strategic priority across the continent.
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Telefónica Deutschland / O2 has unveiled the details of a new IoT tariff, which will bring Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT) to its entire mobile network on a prepaid basis.
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To support new, mission-critical applications associated with cloud architectures, 5G and Industry 4.0, IP networks must be trusted to provide guaranteed high-performance and secure connectivity.
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BT is to build what it calls the world’s first quantum-secured commercial metro network, operating from London to Bristol.
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Pension investor TIAA has backed Arcadian Infracom's new, long-haul fibre backbone with "up to US$140 million".
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Stonepeak now owns a 50% stake in DELTA Fibre following an ownership shakeup.
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Telstra is the selected carrier for Microsoft Azure Peering Service and Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams.
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Airtel Africa has appointed Olusegun "Segun" Ogunsanya, as managing director and chief executive officer.
