---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200126211239.GA8400@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:12:39 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T: FCC's Max Retrans Smackdown Should Stand Says court dismissal of its civil suit against company actually buttresses FCC call By John Eggerton AT&T says that a recent court decision throwing out its civil suit against Max Retrans for violating a nondisclosure agreement does not undermine an FCC ruling that a number of TV station groups now represented by Max Retrans had not negotiated in good faith, a violation of FCC rules. https://www.multichannel.com/news/at-t-fccs-max-retrans-smackdown-should-stand -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200126210802.GA8322@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:08:02 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Crypto Exec's $1.8M SIM-Swap Lawsuit Has 'Critical Holes, says AT&T By Paddy Baker AT&T says a lawsuit over a $1.8 million crypto hack fails to show how the U.S. telecom giant was responsible. The case, brought by VideoCoin's head of strategy, Seth Shapiro, in October, alleges that, in 2018, AT&T employees were responsible for transferring control of his phone number to hackers, who used it as part of a SIM-swap scam that drained his exchange accounts of more than $1.8 million worth of cryptocurrencies. https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-execs-1-8m-sim-swap-lawsuit-full-of-critical-holes-says-att -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <5A498E95-9B69-4922-8382-CD67E2AAA52E@roscom.com> Date: 26 Jan 2020 10:09:01 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: The Hacking of Jeff Bezos' Cell Phone Should Terrify Everyone Jeff Bezos' Phone Hack Should Terrify Everyone Those with the most to lose don't always safeguard their privacy very well. You can do better. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/opinion/jeff-bezos-phone-hack.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 27 Jan 2020