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The Telecom Digest for Tue, 27 Oct 2020
Volume 39 : Issue 280 : "text" format

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Has anyone else gotten this warning from Amazon?
DOJ Clears AT&T's $2B Sale Of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Biz
CenturyLink outage led to a 3.5% drop in global web traffic
Sticking to Business in the Boardroom
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20201026043256.GA21825@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 04:32:56 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malQassRimiMlation@gmail.com> Subject: Has anyone else gotten this warning from Amazon? I just received the following warning from Amazon: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hello, We are writing to let you know that your e-mail address was disclosed by an Amazon employee to a third-party in violation of our policies. As a result, we have fired the employee, referred them to law enforcement, and are supporting law enforcement's criminal prosecution. No other information related to your account was shared. This is not a result of anything you have done and there is no need for you to take any action. We apologize for this incident. Sincerely, Customer Service Amazon.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have received a similar notice, please let me know: I'm trying to figure out if Amazon had a major breach. Bill -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20201025003142.GA15725@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:31:43 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: DOJ Clears AT&T's $2B Sale Of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Biz The Justice Department on Friday gave AT&T Inc. a green light for the $1.95 billion sale of its operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America after the telecom companies agreed to unload some of their assets to WorldNet Telecommunications Inc. https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1322573/doj-clears-at-t-s-2b-sale-of-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-biz -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20201026193232.GA25256@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:32:32 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CenturyLink outage led to a 3.5% drop in global web traffic August 30, 2020 CenturyLink incident takes down Cloudflare, Reddit, Hulu, AWS, Blizzard, Steam, Xbox Live, Discord, and dozens more. By Catalin Cimpanu US internet service provider CenturyLink has suffered a major technical outage on Sunday after a misconfiguration in one of its data centers created havoc all over the internet. Due to the technical nature of the outage -- involving both firewall and BGP routing -- the error spread outward from CenturyLink's network and also impacted other internet service providers, ending up causing connectivity problems for many more other companies. https://www.zdnet.com/article/centurylink-outage-led-to-a-3-5-drop-in-global-web-traffic/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20201025063903.GA17633@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 06:39:03 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Sticking to Business in the Boardroom By April Hall While politics are always on the radar, taking sides in an election could present business risks. Jon Hanson says his first board appointment was likely connected to his politics. Not necessarily because he was a Republican or a Democrat, but because of his relationships. Hanson, the founder and chairman of Hampshire Real Estate Companies, was appointed to the New Jersey Bell (now Verizon) board after serving as finance chairman for Tom Kean's successful campaign for governor in the early 1980s. https://www.directorsandboards.com/articles/singlesticking-business-boardroom -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 27 Oct 2020
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