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Cloudflare Outage Takes Popular Internet Sites and Services Offline

June 21, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

A Cloudflare outage has taken most of the internet and online services offline. “A critical P0 incident was declared at approximately 06:34 AM UTC. Connectivity in Cloudflare’s network has been...

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NATO Communications Chief Warns that Telegram is No Longer Secure

June 20, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

NATO’s Strategic Communications Center of Excellence claimed that the encrypted messaging app Telegram is no longer secure. “Telegram is not really as it used to be. I do have reasons...

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Meta Reports Weakest Revenue Growth in a Decade

April 28, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Facebook owner Meta has reported its weakest revenue growth in a decade but partially rose after a few hours. Meta recorded revenue of $27.9 billion between January and March, slightly...

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Taliban Bans TikTok and PUBG Due to Immorality

April 22, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

The Taliban-led Afghanistan government will ban China-owned video application TikTok along with the mobile game PUBG due to its alleged immorality and because it was a “waste of time.” Taliban...

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Philippines’ PLDT Sells Telecom Towers to Malaysian Firms for $1.5B

April 19, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

PLDT, the Philippines’ largest telecom company, announced on Tuesday that it sold thousands of its telecoms towers to two Malaysian firms for 77 billion pesos ($1.47 billion). Smart Communications and...

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Large Scale Hacking Attack Downs Ukrainian Telecommunications Network

March 29, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Ukrainian state-owned telecommunications company Ukrtelecom reported that it experienced a 15-hour outage after being hit by an alleged cyberattack. According to NetBlocks, Ukretelecom’s connectivity collapsed to 13% of pre-war levels...

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Prominent Ukrainian Telecom Provider Suffers Large-Scale Cyberattack

March 29, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Ukrtelecom, a prominent Ukrainian telecommunication provider, suffered a large-scale cyberattack on March 28, but services have begun to recover, according to Ukrainian authorities. “Today, the enemy launched a powerful cyberattack...

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Russia Forces Google to Delist VPN Websites

March 22, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Virtual private network (VPN) provider Surfshark reported a government crackdown in Russia on thousands of URLs that link to VPNs. According to journalist John Koetsier of Forbes, in an exchange...

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Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Reverses Ban on Telegram

March 22, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes reversed the previous ruling to ban the messaging application Telegram blocked in Brazil on Sunday after the tech company complied with an...

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Roscosmos Chief Claims US Threatened to Disconnect Russia from GPS

March 19, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin claimed that the US was considering disconnecting Russia from the GPS as part of its sanctions package. “Do you know that today, within the framework of...

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