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Network operator ponders building submarine cable - on land

Senior Transmission Architect Nic Breytenbach explained that apparent contradiction to The Register by pointing out that submarine cables run up and down Africa's east and west coasts, but that no single connection crosses the continent. When submarine cables on the east coast - which mostly carry traffic to Europe or Asia - experience trouble, carriers must route traffic south around the Cape of Good Hope, then all the way up Africa's west coast. Capacity on submarine cables is hard to find, and expensive when available.

Tech industry

Information security

fromIT Pro

3 weeks ago

Critical networks face unprecedented threat as DDoS attacks are getting shorter and more intense

DDoS attacks on critical networks have surged to terabit-scale, exploiting compromised home connections and causing rapid, intense outages and data breaches.

US news

fromDataBreaches.Net

1 month ago

U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly - DataBreaches.Net

Secret Service dismantled SIM farms in the New York tri-state area containing 300 servers and over 100,000 SIM cards capable of massive, disruptive text messaging attacks.

fromInsideHook

1 month ago

Scammers' New Methods Involve Fake Cell Phone Towers

Does anyone enjoy getting text messages from scanners on their phones? The answer, presumably, is "No," with the possible exception of a very specific variety of masochist. And with that in mind, wireless carriers have taken steps to make it harder for scammers to use their services, with the FCC issuing guidance to that effect in 2023. What happens when a scammer can't use wireless infrastructure? As an alarming new report reveals, they make their own.