Government, Private Sector Officials Mull Telecom Security Woes
A year after Salt Typhoon's telecom hack, private and public sector officials discussed next steps.
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A year after Salt Typhoon's telecom hack, private and public sector officials discussed next steps.
The provider, Media Land LLC, has been used by ransomware actors like Lockbit, BlackSuit, and Play, and its infrastructure has been leveraged across several distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against US companies and critical infrastructure.
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Google is taking legal action "designed to dismantle the core infrastructure" of the Lighthouse phishing-as-a-service operation.
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