---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20201223190815.ACEF27A1@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:08:15 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Utility regulators recommend fining CenturyLink $7.2 million for 911 outage By Rita R. Robison Staff of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission are recommending up to a $7.2 million fine for CenturyLink's role in the December 2018 911 outage that affected about 7.4 million Washington state residents for more than two days. https://blog.seattlepi.com/boomerconsumer/2020/12/23/utility-regulators-recommend-fining-centurylink-7-2-million-for-911-outage/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20201223002421.F35CF744@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:24:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: A Massive Fraud Operation Stole Millions From Online Bank Accounts By Dan Goodin for Ars Technica The crooks used emulators to mimic the phones of more than 16,000 customers whose mobile bank accounts had been compromised. RESEARCHERS FROM IBM Trusteer say they've uncovered a massive fraud operation that used a network of mobile device emulators to drain millions of dollars from online bank accounts in a matter of days. The scale of the operation was unlike anything the researchers have seen before. In one case, crooks used about 20 emulators to mimic more than 16,000 phones belonging to customers whose mobile bank accounts had been compromised. In a separate case, a single emulator was able to spoof more than 8,100 devices. https://www.wired.com/story/massive-fraud-operation-stole-millions-online-bank-accounts/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20201223200528.EBCEF7A1@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:05:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T union contract extended for Louisiana workers By Kristen Mosbrucker The union contract for AT&T Mobility Southeast employees through the Communications Workers of America was extended for one year until February 2023. https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/article_72e7f36a-4538-11eb-adbe-531adcd482a4.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 24 Dec 2020