Major telecom supplier compromised by unnamed nation-state attackers

Nation-state snoops broke into Ribbon Communications – an outfit that provides software and networking gear to Verizon, CenturyLink, and the US Defense Department – last December, remained hidden for about nine months, and stole files belonging to three customers, according to the US telecommunications firm. "Ribbon prides …

[elsergiovolador]

Knowledge

These are only these that they know of...

[Pascal Monett]

"While we do not have evidence at this time"

It took you 9 months to wake up to the breach.

The fact that you have no evidence now is not exactly reassuring.

[Anonymous Coward]

....And The Beat Goes On.....

The bad guys were inside Equifax for an unknown time.....maybe years....

How long were the bad guys inside Jaguar Land Rover before the crash?

....or Solar Winds?

Bruce Schneier has coined a phrase "security theatre"........very perceptive.....and from someone who knows!

[An_Old_Dog]

Third-Party Experts

"... we continue to work with our third-party experts to confirm this."

Third-party experts, because they don't have any experts of their own.

[ecofeco]

Re: Third-Party Experts

I came to say the same thing.