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A TV Satellite With Damaged Batteries Is at Risk of Exploding
DirecTV has one month to vent some of the satellite's fuel and move it to a safe orbit.
Hackers Are Breaking Directly Into Telecom Companies to Take Over Customer Phone Numbers
SIM swappers have escalated from bribing employees to using remote desktop software to get direct access to internal T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint tools.
Ajit Pai Says FCC's Investigation into Sale of Phone Location Data Nearly Complete
Motherboard previously revealed how AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon have sold real-time phone location data to middlemen companies which then provided it to third parties.
SMS Replacement is Exposing Users to Text, Call Interception Thanks to Sloppy Telecos
Researchers from SRLabs found that telecos are implementing the RCS standard in vulnerable ways, which bring back techniques to attack phone networks.
Congress Fears FCC Will Not Investigate Sale of Phone Location Data Before Time Runs Out
On Friday, members of a committee urged Ajit Pai’s FCC to provide details on its investigation into how phone carriers sold location data to bounty hunters.
Months-Old 'Ghost Texts' Were Sent by This Company You Never Heard Of
Read the service notice that explains why old text messages suddenly showed up on people’s phones this week.
People Are Suddenly Getting Random, Old Texts And No One Knows Why
Several people reported receiving old, random texts in the middle of the night.
AT&T Gets a Wrist Slap for Lying About Its 'Unlimited' Data Plans
The U.S. government has spent a decade feebly trying to stop carriers from lying about “unlimited” data plans. It’s not working.
AT&T Has Received $14 Million From ICE This Year
The company joins Amazon, Palantir, Wayfair, and many other businesses in profiting from the government's inhumane treatment of immigrants.
AT&T and Verizon Don't Want You To Know Where 5G Really Is
Big Telecom is resisting efforts by the government to require it to include 5G availability in broadband maps.
AT&T Workers Fight For Their Lives As Company Faces Investor Revolt
Union workers say an investor plan to save the company will only make the problem worse.
Verizon Makes SIM Swapping Hard. Why Doesn’t AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile?
Verizon employs different security procedures when porting a phone number to a different SIM card than the other carriers. This is making SIM swapping attacks harder to perform against Verizon customers.