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Telefonica Outage in Spain Knocks Out Emergency Lines

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025Lynsey Chutel, Qasim Nauman and Rachel ChaundlerComments Off on Telefonica Outage in Spain Knocks Out Emergency Lines

The outage Tuesday knocked out emergency phone lines in several parts of the country for several hours.

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American Airlines Will Offer Free Wi-Fi on Most Flights Next Year

April 15, 2025April 15, 2025Johnny DiazComments Off on American Airlines Will Offer Free Wi-Fi on Most Flights Next Year

Starting in January, members of the airline’s AAdvantage loyalty program will have free access to wireless internet on 90 percent of its fleet, the company said.

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Taiwan Suspects a Chinese-Linked Ship of Damaging an Internet Cable

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025Meaghan Tobin, Muyi Xiao and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on Taiwan Suspects a Chinese-Linked Ship of Damaging an Internet Cable

The Taiwanese Coast Guard said seven Chinese nationals were aboard a ship suspected of causing the damage.

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Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Hits Vanuatu, Triggering Internet Outages

December 16, 2024December 17, 2024Yan ZhuangComments Off on Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Hits Vanuatu, Triggering Internet Outages

A tsunami alert was lifted for the Pacific island nation, but government websites were offline after the quake. The U.S. Embassy building was seriously damaged, officials said.

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China’s Hacking Reached Deep Into U.S. Telecoms

November 21, 2024David E. Sanger and Julian E. BarnesComments Off on China’s Hacking Reached Deep Into U.S. Telecoms

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said hackers listened to phone calls and read texts by exploiting aging equipment and seams in the networks that connect systems.

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Chinese Hackers Are Said to Have Targeted Phones Used by Trump and Vance

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024Devlin Barrett, Jonathan Swan and Maggie HabermanComments Off on Chinese Hackers Are Said to Have Targeted Phones Used by Trump and Vance

The targeting of the Republican presidential ticket’s phones is part of what appears to be a wide-ranging effort to gather information about American leaders.

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Russia Signs Satellite Deal With Three West African Military Governments

September 24, 2024September 24, 2024ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Russia Signs Satellite Deal With Three West African Military Governments

The partnership between Russia’s space agency and the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger deepens these countries’ turn toward the Kremlin in their effort to fight off Islamist insurgencies.

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Russia Strengthens Its Internet Controls in Critical Year for Putin

March 15, 2024March 15, 2024Adam Satariano, Paul Mozur and Aaron KrolikComments Off on Russia Strengthens Its Internet Controls in Critical Year for Putin

Facing an election this weekend and the fallout from Aleksei Navalny’s death and the war in Ukraine, Russia has intensified online censorship using techniques pioneered by China.

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Repairing Gaza’s Phone Network Is a Perilous and Important Task

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024Adam RasgonComments Off on Repairing Gaza’s Phone Network Is a Perilous and Important Task

Telecommunications infrastructure has been devastated in the territory, largely preventing Palestinians from calling for help, coordinating the delivery of aid and communicating with family abroad.

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Chinese Traders and Moroccan Ports: How Russia Flouts Global Tech Bans

December 19, 2023December 19, 2023Paul Mozur, Aaron Krolik and Adam SatarianoComments Off on Chinese Traders and Moroccan Ports: How Russia Flouts Global Tech Bans

Using specialized e-commerce sites, secretive shipping workarounds and a constellation of middlemen, Russia has obtained the tech components it needs to keep its economy and war in Ukraine going.

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