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Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Cincinnati to pay $6 million to settle suit in death of Kyle Plush who called 911 100,000 people ask Biden, will you break that 2-2 FCC deadlock already? No password required: Mobile carrier exposes data for millions of accounts 911 dispatchers honored Compromised Exchange server hosting cryptojacker targeting […]

A California county today is expected to deliver what is believed to be the first end-to-end call to a 911 public-safety answering point (PSAP) that meets the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) i3 standard for next-generation 911 (NG911), according to officials with the state of California and NENA. Budge Currier, 911 and emergency-communications branch manager […]

The word “topology” in the telecom industry refers to the arrangement of the elements in a network’s architecture. It’s how all the cables, switches and cell towers are organized around each other in order to make sure a sender’s message is delivered to their intended recipient. There are growing indications that satellites may soon be […]

Attackers are spending less time inside target networks, researchers report, but the seemingly positive trend hides a concerning development: Ransomware attacks, which by nature have a shorter “dwell time,” are growing more common and efficient, shrinking the average time frame for all attacks. In their 2021 M-Trends threat report, Mandiant researchers note the global median […]