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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese hack compromised even more U.S. telecoms than previously known, including Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications and Windstream, the Wall Street Journal reported late on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. Hackers also exploited unpatched network devices from security vendor Fortinet and compromised large network routers from Cisco Systems, the newspaper […]
In the end, the return of net neutrality was short-lived: Today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down rules introduced by the Biden administration that would have prevented internet service providers from favoring some apps or websites over others. It’s the conclusion of a decades-long fight for a more equitable internet—and a harbinger of […]
The FBI said most of the people targeted by the hackers are “primarily involved in government or political activity.” WASHINGTON (AP) — A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of […]
The FCC wants to use a legal interpretation of a US wiretapping law to require telecommunications firms to strengthen their defenses or else face fines. To stop China’s “Salt Typhoon” hacking group, the Federal Communications Commission is considering invoking new legal authority to force US telecommunications companies to bolster their defenses or face fines for […]
Paratus Botswana, a leading telecommunications and network services provider, has commenced work on lighting a new fibre route, the SADC Highway, that will connect Gaborone in Botswana, through Zimbabwe, to Livingstone in Zambia. The first section in Botswana, which is from Gaborone to Plumtree, spans approximately 500km and is scheduled for completion in February 2025. […]
The Africa Net5.5G IP Gala Summit, themed “Bring Net5.5G to Reality, Inspire New Growth”, concluded successfully as part of the 27th AfricaCom event in Cape Town. Leading carriers from Southern Africa, industry organisations, government agencies and device vendors came together to share use cases on the evolution to Net5.5G converged IP networks and industry digitalisation. […]