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Friday, February 3, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 34
T-Mobile CEO spins recent breach, says its cybersecurity chops ‘showed up'
US Cellular customer data allegedly up for grabs on the dark web
Fw: Vodafone NZ to switch off 3G network by end of 2024
Here’s the speed advantage T-Mobile has over Verizon and AT&T, study shows
Message-ID: <trgjnq$tjhp$1@dont-email.me> Date: 2 Feb 2023 10:09:47 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: T-Mobile CEO spins recent breach, says its cybersecurity chops ‘showed up' “Our systems and policies protected the most sensitive kinds of customer data,” Mike Sievert said on an earnings call. “We take this issue very seriously.” By Matt Kapko Top brass at T-Mobile, despite a string of security incidents, insist the company’s investments in cybersecurity are paying off. “The investments we’ve made in 2022, including in our cybersecurity capabilities, showed up in a critical way a few weeks ago,” CEO Mike Sievert said Wednesday during the company’s 2022 Q4 earnings call. https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/t-mobile-ceo-spins-recent-breach/641806/ -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <trgk6d$tjhp$2@dont-email.me> Date: 2 Feb 2023 10:17:33 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: US Cellular customer data allegedly up for grabs on the dark web By Stefanie Schappert, Senior Journalist A treasure trove of customer data, allegedly stolen from mobile carrier US Cellular, has been offered up for free on the dark web. A dark web hacker claims to have obtained the stolen data belonging to 144 thousand US Cellular mobile customers and is now offering it up for free on the popular black market leak site BreachForums. The hacker, known on the site as IntelBroker, posted a download link – accompanied by the official US Cellular logo, on BreachForums Wednesday morning. https://cybernews.com/news/us-cellular-customer-data-posted-dark-web/ -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <trgbhc$pg2m$7@dont-email.me> Date: 2 Feb 2023 13:49:48 +0100 From: "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de> Subject: Fw: Vodafone NZ to switch off 3G network by end of 2024 Beginn der weitergeleiteten Nachricht (Beginning of forwarded message): Datum: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:12:12 +1200 Von: BungleBob <bunglebob@remove-this.thejungle.com> Newsgruppen: nz.comp Betreff: [News] Vodafone NZ to switch off 3G network by end of 2024 Vodafone NZ to switch off 3G network by end of 2024 =================================================== Vodafone New Zealand intends to have rolled out 4G or 5G to everywhere currently served by 3G by the end of August 2024, at which point it will begin to shut down its legacy 3G network. Vodafone says the two-year notice period is intended to allow customers enough time to transition to using faster, more reliable services before the legacy 3G network is turned off. Turning off this network will provide enhanced 4G and 5G experiences for Vodafone's customers by allowing the telco provider to repurpose its 3G spectrum. Vodafone notes that an increasing number of its customers are already taking advantage of the company's newer network technologies, with 3G data use accounting for less than 5% of total network data traffic, a figure that is rapidly declining year over year. [Moderator snip] <https://itbrief.co.nz/story/vodafone-nz-to-switch-off-3g-network-by-end-of-2024>
Message-ID: <AA1D932E-D64D-4248-B7A3-26B3E6FC6D11@roscom.com> Date: 31 Jan 2023 22:44:16 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Here’s the speed advantage T-Mobile has over Verizon and AT&T, study shows By Michael Potuck Opensignal has released its latest in-depth reports on the overall mobile experience and the 5G performance of the major US carriers. For Q4, T-Mobile retained its big lead for metrics like download and upload speed, consistency, and 5G availability. But AT&T and Verizon were able to win some categories too. Here’s how much faster Opensignal found T-Mobile to be over its competitors and more. Opensignal published its January 2023 5G User Experience Report and its Mobile Network Experience Report for the US this morning which covers data collected between September and December 2022. The study is based on millions of devices and billions of measurements. https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/30/how-much-faster-t-mobile-att-verizon/
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