As I sit here offline in a nearly 24 hr internet fiber blackout from #ATT, I recall that ATT was one of massive corps that publicly endorsed the craven carveouts in #DJT's #BigBeautifulBill budget.

Many billion dollar interests and #CorporateWelfare recipients kowtowed & praised #GOP budget ax to subsidized #Healthcare for the working poor and chopping #edu and other public funding programs including T-Mobile, Charter Communications, #Uber, #Verizon, #Dell, #FedEx, #United & #Delta and #Southwest #Airlines.

Almost all these companies spend millions on #PR to herald their good deeds like helping #FeedThePoor while they support the cutting of the actual govt programs put in place to do just that ..

More at the link ...

https://popular.info/p/these-companies-touted-their-efforts

Trump’s DOJ seems annoyed about having to approve T-Mobile’s latest merger https://arstechni.ca/A3Xs #uscellular #t-mobile #verizon #Policy #ATT

Hello Sunshine’s Shine Away 2025 Sets Dates; Reese Witherspoon To Kick Off Book Tour For ‘Gone Before Goodbye’
#Books #News #ATT #HelloSunshine #ReeseWitherspoon

https://deadline.com/2025/07/hello-sunshine-shine-away-2025-dates-1236454730/

Craig Robinson Reunites With ‘The Office’ Co-Stars for New AT&T Business Ad (No, He’s Not Actually Quitting Comedy)
#TV #TVNews #AngelaKinsey #ATT #CraigRobinson #CreedBratton #EllieKemper #Nbc #OscarNunez #TheOffice

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-office-reunion-craig-robinson-att-business-ad-1236307706/

AT&T has agreed to pay $177M to settle lawsuits over massive 2019 and 2024 data breaches. Millions affected could get payouts up to $5K.

Details: https://hackread.com/att-reaches-deal-over-2019-2024-data-breaches/

After having gone missing in my papers for 30 years, the original ad has been found!

The bottom half (shown here) features what we called the Computer "Toad" (actually a tree frog), and it still features prominently on my ancient ISP-provided tilde page. The photo was a mascot around the office for quite a while.

No idea what the ad was for (AT&T / NCR?), but ... enjoy!

AT&T rolls out Wireless Account Lock protection to curb the SIM-swap scourge

AT&T is rolling out a protection that prevents unauthorized changes to mobile accounts as the carrier attempts to fight a costly form of account hijacking that occurs when a scammer swaps out the #SIMcard belonging to the account holder.
#security #scam #att

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/07/att-rolls-out-wireless-account-lock-protection-to-curb-the-sim-swap-scourge/

#ATT rolls out "Wireless Lock" feature to block #SIMswap attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/atandt-rolls-out-wireless-lock-feature-to-block-sim-swap-attacks/

This is long overdue! I am glad #ATT is finally rolling this out to customers.

However, I believe biometrics (FaceID & TouchID) are easier, superior methods than two-factor authentication.

AT&T now lets you lock down your account to prevent SIM swapping attacks https://www.theverge.com/news/695916/att-account-lock-sim-swapping-attack

On January 15, 1990, a single line of buggy C code brought down AT&T's entire long-distance network for 9 hours, affecting 75 million phone calls. The culprit? A misplaced "break" statement in a software update for their 4ESS switching systems. The disaster began when a switch received a second call-attempt message while it was already in the middle of resetting its internal logic - something the software wasn't designed to handle.
Here's the kicker: the bug was in error-recovery code that was supposed to make the system MORE reliable. When the switch's software encountered this unexpected second message during reset, it couldn't process the conflicting instruction and declared its own processor "insane." To prevent spreading the problem, the switch shut itself down and notified other switches it was out of service. But when it came back online and started sending normal call processing messages again, those messages arrived at neighboring switches that were themselves in the middle of resetting after hearing about the outage - triggering the exact same bug nationwide.
The incident taught the telecom industry crucial lessons about software testing and gradual rollouts. AT&T had tested the code extensively, but never under the specific real-world conditions that triggered the bug. It also demonstrated how a single line of code could paralyze critical infrastructure that millions of people depended on daily.
This event helped shape modern software deployment practices and redundancy planning that we still use today.
#att #softwarebug #telecom #infrastructure #cascadingfailure

AT&T rolls out Account Lock to stop SIM swappers - because apparently "please don't steal my phone number" wasn't clear enough the first time.

SIM swapping = criminals hijack your number to intercept 2FA codes. AT&T joins T-Mobile, Verizon & Google Fi in offering this protection.

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/01/181213/att-now-lets-customers-lock-down-account-to-prevent-sim-swapping-attacks

AT&T Now Lets Customers Lock Down Account To Prevent SIM Swapping Attacks - AT&T has launched a new Account Lock feature designed to protect customers fro... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/01/181213/att-now-lets-customers-lock-down-account-to-prevent-sim-swapping-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #att

Trump rips AT&T weeks after Trump Mobile launch

https://blog.taursnd.haus/display/1a041b09-2068-632f-d909-cb2212596132

Senate GOP budget bill has a "little-noticed" provision to reallocate Wi-Fi spectrum to wireless carriers. Cruz's plan could slow your home Wi-Fi to benefit AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile. Nothing suspicious about burying spectrum grabs in budget legislation!

https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/06/30/2011219/senate-gop-budget-bill-has-little-noticed-provision-that-could-hurt-your-wi-fi

Mashable: AT&T settles data breach lawsuits for $177 million. Here’s how to get your share.. “If you are or were an AT&T customer between 2019 and 2024, you may be eligible to get a check soon. AT&T has agreed to a settlement of $177 million to close out two class action lawsuits, both of which had to do with data breaches.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/28/mashable-att-settles-data-breach-lawsuits-for-177-million-heres-how-to-get-your-share/

MITRE ATT&CK & NIST 800-53 Mapping
33,579 mappings have been magically connected between MITRE ATT&CK and NIST 800-53.
https://wadebach.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/blog.cfm#80053mapping
#Blog #MITRE #ATT&CK #NIST #Mapping #programming

MITRE ATT&CK & CISA CVE Mapping
I have a connection established with CISA's CVE JSON and MITRE ATT&CK's TAXII API. But how do I map them together?
https://wadebach.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/blog.cfm#cvemapping
#Blog #MITRE #ATT&CK #CISA #CVE #Mapping #programming

Yes, more and more celebrities are entering the phone business. Here’s why https://www.inbella.com/1106200/yes-more-and-more-celebrities-are-entering-the-phone-business-heres-why-4/ #Att #austin #BenBentzin #business #CelebritiesNews #DonaldJr. #DonaldTrump #FinanceBusiness #ForresterResearch #GovernmentRegulations #Inc.Ltd. #inc.. #JasonBateman #MarketingAndAdvertising #mint #MobileNetworks #MobilePhones #OctavioGarciaGranados #RyanReynolds #SeanHayes #technology #VerizonCommunications #WillArnett #WirelessTechnology

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