US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos and extortion

US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos and extortion

Former U.S. Army soldier Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to hacking telecommunication companies and attempting to extort them by threatening to release stolen files, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. According to the DOJ, Wagenius, who went online with the nickname “kiberphant0m,” conspired to defraud 10 victim companies by stealing their login credentials, using…

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Wyden: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon weren’t notifying senators of surveillance requests

Wyden: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon weren’t notifying senators of surveillance requests

Sen. Ron Wyden sent a letter to fellow senators on Wednesday, revealing that three major U.S. cellphone carriers did not have provisions to notify lawmakers about government surveillance requests, despite a contractual requirement to do so.  In the letter, Wyden, a Democrat and longstanding member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that an investigation by…

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#What it’s really like to fight B.C.’s wildfires

“What it’s really like to fight B.C.’s wildfires” Scott Rennick has been fighting fires in British Columbia for 30 years—first as an emergency firefighter, now as an incident commander overseeing some of the most complex and dangerous wildfires in the province. In his career, he’s seen how climate change is causing more frequent and more…

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#AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia in B Discovery deal

#AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia in $43B Discovery deal

“#AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia in $43B Discovery deal” AT&T said Tuesday that it will spin off WarnerMedia, home to HBO and CNN, in a $43 billion deal to merge the property with Discovery, which owns Food Network, TLC and Animal Planet. The telecom giant also cut its dividend by nearly half, sending shares down…

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#Airline industry demanding FCC delay of 5G rollout

#Airline industry demanding FCC delay of 5G rollout

“#Airline industry demanding FCC delay of 5G rollout” Airlines are demanding the Federal Communications Commission delay a scheduled rollout of new 5G wireless service near dozens of major airports, saying it could pose a safety risk by interfering with electronics that pilots rely on. Airlines for America, a trade group representing large U.S. passenger and…

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