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☆ A Florida man returned from Europe with a $143,000 phone bill after failing to set up international roaming
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Florida man received a $143,000 phone bill from T-Mobile after an overseas trip to Switzerland. The charges were due to his phone not being set for international roaming, according to ABC Action News. AdvertisementA Florida man returned from a trip to Switzerland with his wife last September to discover he was facing an unexpectedly massive phone bill, Tampa's ABC Action News reported. AdvertisementRemund had incurred thousands of dollars in daily roaming charges because his phone was not set up for international roaming, the report said. Related storiesRemund said he contacted T-Mobile, which confirmed the bill was indeed what he owed, per ABC Action News.

Persons: —, Rene Remund, Remund Organizations: Mobile, ABC Action, Service, ABC, Forbes, Federal Communications Commission, Ericsson, North Locations: Florida, Switzerland

☆ LabHost: Police take down $249-a-month global phishing service used by 2,000 hackers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Mark Thompson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Thirty-seven suspects were arrested, and more than 70 locations were searched in the UK and across the world between Sunday and Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. LabHost had obtained 480,000 bank card numbers, 64,000 pin numbers, as well as more than 1 million passwords used for websites and other online services, it said. In a separate statement, Europol said four people linked to the running of LabHost, including the developer of the service, had been arrested. At least 40,000 phishing domains, with about 10,000 users worldwide, had been uncovered by the investigation into LabHost, Europol said. “With a monthly fee averaging $249, LabHost would offer a range of illicit services which were customizable and could be deployed with a few clicks,” it said.

Persons: LabHost, Met, Europol Organizations: London CNN —, Metropolitan Police, European, Europol, US Secret Service, Federal Bureau of Locations: United Kingdom, Australia, Finland, LabHost

☆ Some H&R Block customers faced hours of outages on Tax Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Some H&R Block customers who waited until the last day to file their taxes faced frustrating outages that began Sunday night, according to the company and Downdetector. The IRS had expected “tens of millions” more returns to be filed in the last few days, and many tax filers rely on online services such as H&R Block. The bad gateway error prevented some desktop software users from filing their returns, H&R Block said on X. H&R Block advised customers to either file again or print, file and mail the form to the IRS. “We have notified our clients via an in-product message and as they reach out to customer service that they can now efile their return,” H&R Block said in a statement to CNN.

Persons: Block, X, ”, CNN’s Jeanne Sahadi Organizations: New, New York CNN, IRS, Block, CNN, Taxpayers, “ Taxpayers, Patriots, District of Columbia Locations: New York, Maine, Massachusetts, District

☆ China is trying to connect Southeast Asia by high-speed rail. Here’s how that’s going
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Imagine jumping on a train in southwestern China, traveling some 2,000 miles and arriving in Singapore – less than 30 hours later. Southeast Asia is the “obvious” choice because of its “proximity to China,” Bowerman adds. “Beijing, I think, ultimately wants to see Southeast Asian countries within its sphere of geopolitical influence. A staff member waits for passengers to board the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train during a week-long public trial phase at the Halim station in Jakarta on September 17, 2023. “In the example of a high-speed railway line between Malaysia and Singapore, Singapore would likely have just one stop – Malaysia would have more,” Wong told CNN.

Persons: China’s, Gary Bowerman, ” Bowerman, ”, Pon Souvannaseng, Peerapon Boonyakiat, Bowerman, Pan Wenbo, Pan, Mei Wei, Wei, “ I’m, Xi Jinping’s, Souvannaseng, Hong Kong –, Hong Kong’s, Yasuyoshi Chiba, Wong Muh Rong, ” Wong Organizations: CNN, Initiative, China Railway, Reuters, East Japan Railway Co, Malaysian, Bentley University, of, Communist Party, Laos Railway, Laos Railway cumulatively, Orient Express, Getty Locations: China, Singapore, Asia, Laos, Kunming, Vientiane –, Indonesia, Jakarta, Bandung, West Java, Thailand, Bangkok, Thai, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Southeast Asia, “ China, Peerapon, Cities, Penang, Malacca, Phuket Old Town, Beijing, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, Wat, Siem Reap, ”, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Halim, AFP, “

☆ Goldman Sachs analysts say there’s still potential for more stock gains
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The S&P 500 has surged more than 10% since January, and last week it surpassed Goldman Sachs’ year-end target of 5,200. The question is weighing heavily on the minds of investors, Goldman Sachs’ strategists wrote in a note Friday. The current rally in growth stocks is different from what happened when markets crashed in 2021 or during the tech bubble, the analysts wrote. Either of these shifts higher, analysts wrote, are dependent on the Federal Reserve’s next policy move. But for now, Goldman analysts will keep their baseline prediction of 5,200 for the S&P 500 unchanged.

Persons: New York CNN — It’s, Goldman Sachs, David Kostin, ”, Goldman Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal, “ Locations: New York

☆ Zermatt: Five skiers found dead, one missing in Swiss Alps
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Martin Goillandeau | Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The bodies of five missing skiers were found in the Swiss Alps on Sunday evening, while rescuers are still searching for a sixth person, local police said on Monday. The family members were from the Valais canton, while the sixth person is from the canton of Fribourg. Police did not reveal the identities of the dead skiers, whose bodies were found in Tête Blanche on Sunday, Reuters reported. Search-and-rescue operations were launched on Saturday after the skiers went missing near the 3,706-meter-high (12,159 feet) Tête Blanche pass, en route to the village of Arolla. This call enabled him to be located in the Tête Blanche pass area, at an altitude of around 3,500 meters” (around 11,480 feet), police said.

Persons: Tête Blanche, Valais Cantonal Police Christian Varone, Valentin Flauraud, Blanche, Mont Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Police, Sunday, Valais Cantonal Police Christian, AP Police, “, Cantonal Police, Rescue Organization, Swiss Air Force Locations: Swiss, Zermatt, Blanche, Valais, Fribourg, Tête, Sion , Switzerland, Arolla, Canton, OCVS, Chamonix, France, Mont Blanc, Switzerland

☆ Facebook and Instagram Users Report Meta Services Are Down
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Lola Fadulu | More About Lola Fadulu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Instagram went down starting around 10 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, according to Down Detector, a website that tracks user reports of telecommunication and internet disruptions. More than 3,200 users reported that they were having issues with Facebook shortly after 10 a.m., compared to a base line of 17 such reports on an average day. By around 10:20 a.m., there were more than 350,000 reports of trouble with the website. More than 53,000 people reported issues with Instagram around 10:30 a.m. and more than 8,800 users reported issues with Facebook Messenger around that time, according to Down Detector. Some users flocked to X to see if others were also experiencing trouble with those sites.

Persons: Instagram Organizations: Facebook

☆ This Goldman portfolio of lean and mean stocks has trounced the market the last 2 decades
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Semiconductor giant Nvidia has an asset intensity ratio of just 0.5, according to Goldman. NVDA 1Y mountain Nvidia shares over the last year Another chipmaker in the basket is Broadcom . Match Group has a 0.3 asset intensity ratio. The company has an asset intensity ratio of 0.4. All but two of the 19 analysts who cover Live Nation rate it a strong buy or buy, per LSEG.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Jenny Ma, Ma, LSEG, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Semiconductor, Nvidia, Broadcom, chipmakers Micron Technology, Intel, Telecommunication, Verizon, Mobile

☆ Orange CEO: The telecommunication sector needs to innovate faster
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOrange CEO: The telecommunication sector needs to innovate fasterOrange CEO Christel Heydemann tells CNBC's Karen Tso how the big telco companies are coming to Mobile World Congress to express the need for innovation

Persons: Christel Heydemann, Karen Tso Organizations: Orange, Mobile, Congress

☆ AT&T Offers $5 Credit to Customers Affected by Service Outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Rebecca Carballo | More About Rebecca Carballo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

AT&T will offer a $5 credit to customers affected by a widespread outage on Thursday that was caused by technical issues the company encountered while trying to expand its network, its chief executive said on Sunday. The outage, which started around 3:30 a.m. Eastern time, temporarily cut off connections for users across the United States. Some of the affected cities included Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York, according to Downdetector.com, which tracks user reports of telecommunication and internet disruptions. At its peak, the site had received about 70,000 reports of disrupted service for AT&T. Service was fully restored after about seven hours.

Organizations: T, Service Locations: United States, Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York

☆ Customers Report Cellular Service Disruptions in U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Jenny Gross | More About Jenny Gross | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Several phone service providers, including AT&T, were down for many users across the United States early Thursday, according to Downdetector.com, which tracks telecommunication and internet disruptions. The outage, which affected users in cities including Atlanta, Los Angeles and Dallas, was first reported around 3:30 a.m. Eastern time, and appeared to peak an hour later. AT&T did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Outages on a smaller scale were reported by some users of Verizon, Cricket Wireless and FirstNet. This is a developing story.

Organizations: Verizon, Cricket Wireless Locations: United States, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Dallas

☆ Strong Winds Cause Power Outages, Fan Bushfires in Australia's Southeast
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of residents across Australia's Victoria state remained without power on Wednesday after wild weather knocked down transmission lines, forcing a major power plant to disconnect from the grid, while strong winds fanned bushfires. AGL's Loy Yang A power station, responsible for about a third of the state's power, had to shut down on Tuesday afternoon impacting half a million properties, which officials said was one of the largest outages in Victoria's history. Some properties were completely destroyed by fire with the exact number to be confirmed after fire crews finish their rescue efforts. Firefighters are battling to contain three bushfires, but better weather conditions could help crews to contain the fires quickly, Heffernan said. Australia's weather bureau forecast milder conditions on Wednesday with temperatures in the low to mid-20 degree Celsius (68°F) and moderate winds, but warned the risk was not over yet.

Persons: AGL's Loy Yang, Clare O'Neil, We've, O'Neil, Jason Heffernan, Heffernan, Renju Jose, Bill Berkrot Organizations: SYDNEY, Mobile, Federal Home Affairs, ABC, Firefighters Locations: Australia's Victoria, Melbourne, Hotham, Victoria's, Victoria, Sydney

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: United Airlines, TKO Group, 3M, Alibaba and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

United Airlines – The airline stock popped nearly 5% a day after the company reported higher-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter. TKO Group – Shares of TKO Group Holdings rallied 15.8% after announcing a deal to air its WWE flagship program known as "Raw" on Netflix next year. Revenue topped expectations, but earnings fell 6 cents short of analysts' expectations, per LSEG. Verizon posted $1.08 in adjusted earnings per share on $35.13 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by LSEG forecasted $1.07 per share in earnings and $34.64 billion of revenue. Procter & Gamble posted mixed results for its fiscal second quarter , topping earnings expectations but falling short on revenue.

Persons: Alibaba, Alibaba's, Truist, Coinbase – Coinbase, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, Lockheed Martin, Horton –, Halliburton – Halliburton, Johnson – Johnson, Wall, Gamble, RTX, Zions Bancorporation, Yun Li, Sarah Min, Alex Harring Organizations: United Airlines –, Boeing, Max, Group, WWE, Netflix, LSEG, New York Times, Sunnova Energy, Enphase Energy, Federal Reserve, JPMorgan, Reuters, CSI China Internet, General Electric, GE, Teva Pharmaceutical, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Lockheed, Logitech –, Logitech, Barstool Sports, Johnson, Verizon –, Verizon, Procter, FactSet Locations: Alibaba –, China, fundaments

CNN —A near-total communications blackout in Gaza, the longest of the war, has now lasted one week with no signs of abating, preventing humanitarian and emergency services from operating effectively in the territory. Israel has in the past faced accusations of deliberately severing Gaza’s communications – charges on which it has not commented. The IDF told CNN that it was aware of the allegation, and that the incident was under review. This is where it becomes dangerous.”Al Rozzi, who is executive director of the National Society for Rehabilitation, told CNN that he struggles to get even a trickle of a connection. A senior American official has in the past told CNN that the U.S. applied pressure on Israel to restore connectivity in Gaza when it was severed.

Persons: ” Juliette Touma, “, ”, ” Jamal al Rozzi, Khan Younis, Alp Toker, Netblocks, Oredoo, Israel, Abed Zagou, ” Hisham Mhanna, Al Rozzi, ” al Rozzi, ” Toker Organizations: CNN, UNRWA, UN, IDF, Anadolu Agency, Getty, International Committee, Red, National Society for Rehabilitation, of Health, American Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Jerusalem, Rafah

☆ Morgan Stanley names global 'alpha' stock ideas for January — and gives one 50% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Asian markets may have had a rocky 2023, but those looking for pockets of opportunities in the region can look to Morgan Stanley's selection of "alpha" stocks. Another top stock that Morgan Stanley is overweight on is the Singapore-headquartered United Overseas Bank . Here are 10 stocks from Morgan Stanley's full list of top overweight-rated stocks for January. Notable bottom-ranked stocks Morgan Stanley also named its "notable bottom-ranked stock ideas." These factors "should result in a wider discount to peers like Telstra ," the investment bank's analysts wrote.

Persons: Morgan Stanley's, Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Michael Bloom Organizations: Alpha, Asia, SK Telecom, Korea, United Overseas Bank, ASEAN, Morgan, TPG Telecom, Telstra Locations: Asia, Pacific, Japan, Asia Pacific, Korean, Singapore

☆ Video gamers may be risking hearing loss or tinnitus, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“One study showed that individuals who play video games for longer times are at higher risk of developing hearing loss or tinnitus.”Tinnitus refers to an internal sensation of a ringing, buzzing or roaring sound in one or both ears. That’s why the study’s authors wondered what the relationship with hearing loss and tinnitus might be — especially since many games also have loud sudden sounds such as gunshots or engines revving. “This can result in temporary hearing loss or ringing in the ears,” she added. But hearing damage is permanent, and exposure to high-intensity sounds when young could make kids more vulnerable to developing age-related hearing loss later, so the authors have urged the importance of prevention. “Key warning signs of hearing loss include experiencing tinnitus, difficulties hearing high-pitched sounds or difficulties following conversations,” Dillard said.

Persons: ”, Dr, Lauren Dillard, De, Swanepoel wasn’t, Dillard, ” Dillard, Janet Choi, Choi wasn’t, ” Swanepoel, Swanepoel, “, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, BMJ Public, University of Pretoria, WHO, University of Colorado School of Medicine, “, World Health Organization, International Telecommunication Union, US Centers for Disease Control, University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine Locations: South Africa

☆ These 3 stocks could rally by another 50%, analysts say, despite big jumps this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Three stocks — Liberty Broadband , U.K.'s BT Group and JD Sports Fashion — have risen by double-digit percentages this year. Liberty Broadband Liberty Broadband is a telecommunication holding company that has an ownership interest in Charter Communications, the second-largest cable operator in the United States. The consensus price target of analysts polled by FactSet points to a 55% upside potential for Liberty Broadband shares from the current share price of $82. Deutsche Bank views Liberty Broadband as an attractive way to invest in Charter, estimating it trades at a 32% discount to net asset value (NAV). BT.A-GB YTD line Their price target of 220 pence implies an additional 79% share price increase over the next year from the current share price of 123 pence.

Persons: FactSet, Bryan Kraft, Benjamin Soff, Morgan Stanley, Openreach, Terence Tsui, Kate Calvert, Calvert, JD, Michael Bloom Organizations: Liberty Broadband, BT Group, JD, Wall, CNBC Pro, CNBC Pro Stock, Liberty Broadband Liberty Broadband, Charter Communications, Deutsche Bank, CHTR, BT, JD Sports, North America, Dick's Sporting Goods Locations: United States, Alaska, U.K, BT.A, Europe, North, Derby, Heerlen, Netherlands, U.S

☆ Activist helps Palestinians in Gaza get back online after blackouts amid Israeli airstrikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Alaa Elassar | Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

They have to endure bombardment and attacks in absolute silence,” El Helbawi said. Fearful that a blackout could provide cover for “war crimes,” El Helbawi became consumed with finding a solution. But when talks on those plans stalled, El Helbawi decided to try something else. Donors have sent QR codes from as far as the United States, Switzerland, Pakistan and the Netherlands, El Helbawi says. She shared her concerns with El Helbawi, who told her, “You never know what happens,” Elkomi recalled.

Persons: ”, ” El, El Helbawi, they’ve, “, ” El Helbawi, El, Israel, John MacDougall, ” Paltel, Elon Musk, Musk, Ahmed Elmadhoun, Elmadhoun, ” Elmadhoun, Donors, Graeme Bradley, ” Bradley, they’ll, Rizek Abdeljawad, ” Elkomi, “ …, Elkomi, there’s, ’ El Helbawi Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Getty, El, “, Simly Locations: Cairo, Gaza, El, Israel, Palestinian, ” El Helbawi, United States, Switzerland, Pakistan, Netherlands, Scotland, Xinhua, Egypt, “, eSIMs, Palestine, Rafah

A number of companies have recently demanded that antitrust enforcers pay default interest on fines in annulled antitrust cases. Deutsche Telekom challenged the fine at the Luxembourg-based General Court, Europe's second highest, which cut it to 19 million euros in 2018, forcing the EU competition enforcer to repay the difference. Deutsche Telekom returned to the court after the EU competition enforcer refused to pay interest for the period between the payment and the reimbursement and got judges to back its fight. The Commission then appealed to the Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice (CJEU). The case is C‑221/22 P European Commission v Deutsche Telekom AG.

Persons: Fabian Bimmer, Deutsche, Anthony Michael Collins, refunding, Foo Yun Chee, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Deutsche Telekom, ITS, REUTERS, Companies Deutsche Telekom AG, Intel, Deutsche, European Commission, EU, Court of Justice, Deutsche Telekom AG, Thomson Locations: Hamburg, Germany, Slovakia, Luxembourg

☆ Earth received a message sent from a deep space laser — it took just 50 seconds to travel 10 million miles
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The technological feat, using NASA's Psyche probe, broke new ground for deep space communications. AdvertisementNASA has achieved a world-first after sending a laser-beamed message to Earth from nearly 10 million miles away within 50 seconds. While the space agency has long been able to communicate with spacecraft using radio waves, it had never before been able to send information using lasers from that far into space. The feat, achieved using NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment on board the Psyche spacecraft, could someday allow humans to stream video calls on Mars. The spacecraft then beamed back information using its laser.

Persons: —, Lacey Young, Peter Rubin, Abi Biswas, Biswas, Trudy Kortes, Psyche Organizations: NASA, Service, Optical Communications, Jet Propulsion, Hale, JPL, Caltech, Arizona State Univ, Systems, ASU, Technology, Space Technology Locations: Wrightwood , California, San Diego County , California, Arizona, Palomar

Ukrainian forces say they have have “gained a foothold” on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. In March, EU member states agreed to provide Ukraine with 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition for Ukraine to be delivered within 12 months. Both Ukraine and Russia need to replenish extraordinary amounts of ammunition as a grinding war of attrition continues in Ukraine’s east and south. Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, pictured in court in 2014, has received a presidential pardon after doing a stint fighting in Ukraine. The visit was previously unannounced and comes amid concerns that the Israel-Gaza conflict will divert international attention from the war in Ukraine.

Persons: “, Vladimir Saldo, Pilipey, Saldo, ” Boris Pistorius, Pistorius, Josep Borrell, Dimitar Dilkoff, Anna Politkovskaya, Vladimir Putin, Sergey Khadzhikurbanov, Politkovskaya, Khadzhikurbanov’s, Alexey Mikhalchik, Putin, ” Mikhalchik, Khadzhikurbanov, ”, Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, Pavel Golovkin, David Cameron, Zelensky, ” Cameron, Cameron, ” Cameron –, Alexandra Skochilenko, Skochilenko “ Organizations: CNN —, Defense Forces, CNN, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, Getty, Novaya Gazeta, Russian Ministry of Defense, Khadzhikurbanov, AP, Armed Forces, Russian Federation Locations: CNN — Ukraine, Dnipro, Kyiv, Germany, Ukraine, Kherson, Russia, Russian, AFP, Krynky, Crimea, Brussels, EU, Ukraine’s, South, North Korea, Moscow, British, Israel, Gaza, St, Petersburg, St . Petersburg, Skochilenko

☆ Israel-Hamas war live updates: Israel says tunnel shaft found under Al-Shifa hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Relief and Works Agency for Palestine warned it will not hold a cross-border aid operation at the Rafah crossing that bridges the enclave and Egypt on Friday, amid ongoing telecommunication disruptions and fuel shortages. "The communications network in #Gaza is down because there is NO fuel. This makes it impossible to manage or coordinate humanitarian aid convoys," UNRWA said in a social media post. UNRWA assists with the receipt and distribution of humanitarian aid across the Gaza Strip and shelters Palestinian civilians in its facilities. "I do believe there is a deliberate attempt to strangle our operation and paralyse the UNRWA operation."

Persons: Philippe Lazzarini Organizations: Works Agency, Palestine, UNRWA Locations: Rafah, Egypt, Gaza

☆ Russian artist receives seven-year sentence for anti-war protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Anna Chernova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko, who had replaced price tags with anti-war messages in a St. Petersburg grocery store as an act of protest, was sentenced to seven years in jail by a court in the Russian city on Thursday. “Today, scientists and doctors around the world are fighting to increase human life expectancy and find cures for deadly diseases. Therefore, I don’t understand: what is (this) war for? War is death,” she added, according to a courtroom correspondent for the independent news outlet Mediazona. “Her persecution has become synonymous with the absurdly cruel oppression faced by Russians openly opposing their country’s criminal war.”

Persons: Alexandra Skochilenko, Skochilenko, Skochilenko “, “, ”, Marie Struthers, Struthers, ” Skochilenko “, ” Struthers Organizations: CNN, Armed Forces, Russian Federation, Novaya Gazeta, “, Amnesty, Central Asia Locations: Russian, St, Petersburg, St . Petersburg, Ukraine, Eastern Europe

☆ Optus parent SingTel denies software upgrade as root cause for outage
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 16 (Reuters) - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (STEL.SI), the parent of Australian telecoms provider Optus, said on Thursday its planned software update was not the root cause for an outage last week, contradicting Optus' claims earlier this week. Optus had earlier in the week said an initial investigation found the company's network was affected by "changes to routing information from an international peering network" after a "routine software upgrade". SingTel, while confirming that Singtel Internet Exchange (STiX) is one of Optus' international networks that connects to the global internet, denied that the routine software upgrade was the root cause. "We are aware that Optus experienced a network outage after the upgrade when a significant increase in addresses being propagated through their network triggered preset failsafes," SingTel said. SingTel's statement comes a day before Optus CEO, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin faces an Australian senate inquiry into the massive outage.

Persons: SingTel, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, Sameer Manekar, Dhanya Ann Thoppil Organizations: Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Optus, Singapore Telecommunications, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Australia ports operator could be online within days after cyber incident
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Renju Jose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

I've been in contact with the company again this morning and they're making good progress," the government's Cyber Security Coordinator Darren Goldie told ABC Radio. After spotting the breach, DP World, one of a handful of stevedore industry players in Australia, disconnected internet, significantly impacting freight movements, Goldie said. The company, part of Dubai's state-owned DP World, did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment. In a statement on Sunday, DP World said the company was testing key systems crucial for the resumption of regular freight movement. The breach comes as the government prepares to release soon details on its proposed cyber security laws.

Persons: I've, Darren Goldie, Goldie, Clare O'Neil, O'Neil, Renju Jose, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: SYDNEY, ABC Radio, DP, Fremantle, telco Optus, Thomson Locations: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Western, Australia, Dubai's

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