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T-Mobile Cuts Cable, Stops Hack
T-Mobile’s week is a study in contrasts: on one end, the company raced to shut down a China-linked hack targeting phone records and U.S. officials, going as far as physically cutting a cable in a Bellevue data center to block access. The breach, part of the Salt Typhoon campaign that hit over 80 countries and multiple telecom giants, was contained at T-Mobile’s network “edge”—not the core where voice and text data lives. That quick action has turned into a badge of honor, but also shines a spotlight on the risks of interconnected networks and the need for stricter safeguards with third-party…
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