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Reducing the Attack Surface: How Data Breaches Imperil Corporate Networks
Security & Fraud // September 18, 2024

Data breaches are like opinions — these days, it seems like everyone has one. But that’s not great news for the business landscape, particularly as critical infrastructure providers are increasingly targeted by bad actors. And with the news Tuesday (Sept. 17) that the Federal Communications...

AT&T to Pay $13 Million and Add Safeguards After 2023 Data Breach
Regulation // September 17, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached a settlement with AT&T that resolves the agency’s investigation into a January 2023 hack in which AT&T customer information was taken from a vendor’s cloud environment. A consent decree resolving this investigation requires AT&T to pay $13 million...

Cyberattack on World’s Largest Silver Producer Shows Data Is the New Gold
Cybersecurity // August 01, 2024

Effective cybersecurity programs are critical for today’s traditional industries, where IT spending is low and historically deprioritized relative to other initiatives. As these industries undergo digital transformation, bad actors frequently wait in the wings to strike. Ensuring operational resiliency in the face of an increasingly...

AT&T: Expanding Fiber Network Helps Gain, Retain Mobile Phone Subscribers
Earnings // July 24, 2024

AT&T is finding that by offering both mobility and broadband services, it’s gaining and retaining more customers. The company added 419,000 postpaid phone subscribers during the second quarter, up from 326,000 during the same quarter a year earlier, executives said Wednesday (July 24) during the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Cyberattack on World’s Largest Silver Producer Shows Data Is the New Gold

August 01, 2024
Effective cybersecurity programs are critical for today’s traditional industries, where IT spending is low and historically deprioritized relative to other initiatives. As these industries undergo digital transformation, bad actors frequently wait in the wings to strike. Ensuring operational resiliency in the face of an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape is top of mind for businesses across […]

AT&T Breach Demands Vigilance as Fraudsters Leverage ID Data, Says Intellicheck’s Lewis

April 02, 2024
The fallout from the massive data breach at AT&T — where information tied to 73 million current and former account holders was leaked — has yet to be felt. And...

Will 5G Make 2024 the Industrial Economy’s Most Connected Year Yet?

December 07, 2023
5G broadband networks are viewed by many as a business-first digital innovation and enterprise revolution. And that isn’t because, from a consumer standpoint, 5G networks are just around the corner...

Surging Platform Stocks Lead FinTech IPO Group’s 8% Bounce

July 21, 2022
Earnings season is upon us, and the deluge for the FinTech IPO Index has yet to swell and break. No doubt there will be waves of commentary on the state...

Quick Reads
Not Again: FCC to Investigate Cause of Verizon Outage

September 30, 2024
More than 100,000 Verizon users lost access to mobile services Monday (Sept. 30). The wireless carrier said it was aware of the issue, per a report by NBC News, marking the latest in a series of mass technical outages this year. “We’re aware of a Verizon outage impacting customers in parts of the country,” the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) […]

AT&T to Pay $13 Million and Add Safeguards After 2023 Data Breach

September 17, 2024
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached a settlement with AT&T that resolves the agency’s investigation into a January 2023 hack in which AT&T customer information was taken from a...

AT&T: Expanding Fiber Network Helps Gain, Retain Mobile Phone Subscribers

July 24, 2024
AT&T is finding that by offering both mobility and broadband services, it’s gaining and retaining more customers. The company added 419,000 postpaid phone subscribers during the second quarter, up from...

AT&T Says Call, Text Records of ‘Nearly All’ Customers Stolen

July 12, 2024
AT&T said Friday (July 12) that records of calls and texts of nearly all its wireless customers and others using its network were stolen in a cybersecurity incident. The stolen...