A recent data breach of a third-party marketing vendor that exposed information of 9 million AT&T customers highlights the telecommunications sector's vulnerability to cyberattacks, Axios reports. Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 research lab Chief Technology Officer Michael Sikorski noted a major increase in telecom attacks, saying, "They tend to have pretty large security budgets, but if you think about how much outsourcing those entities are doing, it's significant."
20 March 2023
Telecom data breaches highlight cyberattack vulnerabilities
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