Collaborate Disseminate
U.S. Cellular has agreed to sell $1.02 billion worth of spectrum licenses to AT&T as part of its strategy to monetize its spectrum assets that were not included in an earlier $4.4 billion deal with T-Mobile. Reuters reports: Last month, U.S. Cellul… Continue reading US Cellular To Sell Some Spectrum Licenses To AT&T For $1 Billion
AT&T has signed a $1 billion multi-year deal with Corning to acquire fiber and connectivity solutions. Reuters reports: With the U.S. wireless market facing a slowdown, telecom companies such as AT&T and rival Verizon have doubled down on their… Continue reading AT&T Announces $1 Billion Fiber Deal With Corning
U.S. authorities said they are investigating “unauthorized access to telecommunications infrastructure” by hackers linked to China.
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China’s Salt Typhoon hacked AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen, compromising wiretap systems used in criminal investigations. The breach, linked… Continue reading China’s Salt Typhoon Hacks AT&T and Verizon, Accessing Wiretap Data: Report
The Register’s Simon Sharwood reports: AT&T has claimed that Broadcom made it an offer to increase prices by 1,050 percent, and may be influencing other vendors to make a migration harder. The claim of the colossal price hike came in an email [PDF]… Continue reading AT&T Claims VMware By Broadcom Offered It a 1,050% Price Increase
AT&T has agreed to pay $13 million in a settlement with the FCC over a 2023 data breach at a third-party vendor’s cloud environment.
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The Federal Communications Commission has reached a $13 million settlement with AT&T over a January 2023 data breach that was traced to one of its third-party cloud vendors. The breach, which resulted in the theft of information related to more than 8.9 million AT&T Mobility customers, happened through an unnamed company the telecom giant used […]
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For 30 days, 17,000 AT&T workers in nine different states from the CWA union went on strike. As it began one North Carolina newspaper noted some AT&T customers “report prolonged internet outages.” Last week an Emory University economist told NP… Continue reading 17,000 ATT Workers End the Southeast’s Longest Telecommunications Strike After 30 Days
A cyberattack that shut down some of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023: It was the first known case of native English-speaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. But that made-for-Hollywood narrative has eclipsed a far more hideous trend: Many of these young, Western cybercriminals are also members of fast-growing online groups that exist solely to bully, stalk, harass and extort vulnerable teens into physically harming themselves and others. Continue reading The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’
AT&T has filed a lawsuit against Broadcom, alleging that Broadcom is refusing to honor an extended support agreement for VMware software unless AT&T purchases additional subscriptions it doesn’t need. The company warns the consequences could ri… Continue reading AT&T Sues Broadcom For Breaching VMware Support Extension Contract