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US confirms China-backed hackers breached telecom providers to steal wiretap data

The U.S. government has confirmed that hackers with links to China breached multiple U.S. telecommunication service providers to access the wiretap systems used by law enforcement to surveil Americans. In a joint statement published on Monday, CISA and the FBI said they had uncovered “a broad and significant” cyber espionage campaign that saw PRC-affiliated actors […]

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Verizon bets on fiber’s staying power as it acquires Frontier for $20B

Some major consolidation is afoot in the world of internet communications — and it will have implications for competition and consumer internet access in U.S. On Thursday, Verizon announced that it would gobble up Frontier Communications for $20 billion — more than double Frontier’s market cap at the close of trading the night before. Frontier

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