Federal Communications Commission
FCC: Phone Network Bugs Must Be Fixed — But are SS7/Diameter Beyond Repair?
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Fast enough for government work: The Federal Communications Commission is finally minded to do something about decades-old vulnerabilities ...
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‘Incompetent’ FCC Fiddles With Data Breach Rules
Richi Jennings | | breach notification, Data Breach Notification, data breach notification laws, fcc, FCC Failures, FCC Follies, FCC privacy rules, Federal Communications Commission, GDPR Breach Notification, Jessica Rosenworcel, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Federal Communications Commission
FCC FAIL: While Rome burns, Federal Communications Commission is once again behind the curve ...
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The Importance of Opting Out of CPNI Data Sharing
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Let’s talk about a topic that’s incredibly important for your privacy and data security. In this blog I’m going to talk about why you should opt out of the sharing of CPNI ...
How to Opt Out of CPNI Data Sharing
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Did you know that your mobile phone provider can give data like phone numbers you’ve called and received, the time and date of those calls, and even your location data to their ...
Ransomware in Schools: White House Wants Action NOW
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Don’t make me tap the sign: Biden administration hosts summit; bangs heads together from government, school districts and industry ...
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Why You Should Opt Out of Sharing Data With Your Mobile Provider
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A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of information about where you go and ...
FINALLY! FCC Acts on SMS Scam-Spam — But Will It Work?
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Federal Communications Commission rules to block illegal text messages. What took you so long? ...
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Kaspersky Banned by FCC: ‘Threat to National Security’
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The FCC added Kaspersky Lab to a list of banned companies. The commission alleges the firm is a threat to U.S. national security ...
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Who’s Behind Monday’s 14-State 911 Outage?
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Emergency 911 systems were down for more than an hour on Monday in towns and cities across 14 U.S. states. The outages led many news outlets to speculate the problem was related ...
FCC Proposes to Fine Wireless Carriers $200M for Selling Customer Location Data
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed fines of more than $200 million against the nation's four largest wireless carriers for selling access to their customers' location information without taking adequate ...