NEC to buy US-listed CSG, a SaaS provider of customer care and billing services for telcos and other companies, for ~$2.9B in a deal expected to close in 2026
Japan's NEC Corp. is buying CSG Systems International Inc., a US supplier of customer care and billing services for telecom companies …
Senator Ron Wyden plans to block Sean Plankey's nomination to head CISA until the agency releases a 2022 report detailing security flaws at US telecom companies
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AT&T and Verizon say their networks are now clear after the Salt Typhoon intrusion; AT&T says a few “individuals of foreign intelligence interest” were targeted
- Carriers said hackers targeted political, intelligence figures — White House said nine telecom companies were victims
The US says it has identified a ninth telecom company impacted by the Salt Typhoon hacks, and the number of individuals directly impacted is “less than 100”
In an update Friday, the White House says nine telecom companies were impacted by the Chinese espionage effort. — Learn more.
The US FCC proposes rules for carriers to submit an annual certification attesting they have a plan to protect against cyberattacks, after the Salt Typhoon hack
The proposed rules are a response to Salt Typhoon's breach of at least eight U.S. telecom companies. — cyberscoop.com/fcc-cybersec...
The White House says the Salt Typhoon hack has impacted eight telecom companies in the US, and also affected dozens of other countries, for as long as two years
A senior administration official said Wednesday the Salt Typhoon hack has impacted dozens of countries in a sweeping espionage campaign
Sources: the US government launched an investigation into the Salt Typhoon hack after Microsoft alerted it and telecom companies about anomalies
Leaders of the big telecommunications companies were summoned to the White House to discuss strategies for overhauling the security …
FBI and CISA: Chinese hackers breached multiple US telecom companies, compromising the “private communications” of US officials and stealing customer call data
CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the “private communications” of a “limited number” …
Sources: Bharti Airtel's JV with Eutelsat OneWeb could launch satellite internet services in India in June, and Reliance expects to follow later this year
Bharti Airtel's joint venture with Eutelsat OneWeb could start operating in June — India's biggest telecom companies …
Sources: the SEC is asking tech and telecom companies how they handled the 2020 SolarWinds cyberattack, drawing industry complaints about alleged overreach
ahem, tech and telecom companies whose future financial stability depends on being able to cope with attacks on the software supply chain do not get to mark their own homework [embedded post]