Taiwan’s Defense Ministry is urging Chunghwa Telecom, the the island’s largest telecom company, to improve its cybersecurity following a data breach that compromised government-related information. The hackers, reportedly believed to be backed by the Chinese government, made off with 1.7TB of data following the Chunghwa compromise and have put it all up for sale on […]
Major U.S. telecom carriers such as Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T have experienced significant data breaches in recent years, highlighting the crucial need for aligning FCC’s data breach rules with federal and state laws applicable to other sectors.
Dec 29, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Web Security The Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania have been targeted by cyber attacks, the country’s National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security (AKCESK) revealed this week. “These infrastructures, under the legislation in force, are not currently classified as critical or important information […]
The Albanian parliament and a telecom company operating in the country were targeted by cyberattacks this week, the country’s cyber agency said in a statement. According to the agency, the attacks originated from outside Albania and country’s tech experts “are currently working to recover the affected systems and analyze the tactics and techniques used by […]
Dec 13, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Geopolitics Ukraine’s biggest telecom operator Kyivstar has become the victim of a “powerful hacker attack,” disrupting customer access to mobile and internet services. “The cyberattack on Ukraine’s #Kyivstar telecoms operator has impacted all regions of the country with high impact to the capital, metrics show, with knock-on impacts reported to […]
Oct 12, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware High-profile government and telecom entities in Asia have been targeted as part of an ongoing campaign since 2021 that’s designed to deploy basic backdoors and loaders for delivering next-stage malware. Cybersecurity company Check Point is tracking the activity under the name Stayin’ Alive. Targets include organizations located in Vietnam, […]
Sep 28, 2023THNMalware / Cyber Threat Government and telecom entities have been subjected to a new wave of attacks by a China-linked threat actor tracked as Budworm using an updated malware toolset. The intrusions, targeting a Middle Eastern telecommunications organization and an Asian government, took place in August 2023, with the adversary deploying an improved […]