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Virgin Media O2 UK Adopt Hiya AI to Tackle SPAM and Fraud Calls

12th February, 2024 (12 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 have today announced that they’ve become the second major UK telecoms provider, after BT (EE), to adopt Hiya’s AI-based technologies, which can analyse call behaviour in real-time and determine whether to flag an incoming call as ‘suspected spam’ or block fraud.

Ofcom and UK Phone Providers to Further Tackle Spoofed Calls UPDATE

1st February, 2024 (11 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today moved to strengthen their existing rules against the use of “fake phone numbers” and “spoofed calls“, which involves a proposal for phone providers (fixed line and mobile) to introduce stricter measures against “Presentation Numbers” that are used to identify who is making a call.

Pine Media Engineer Shows Damaged Fibre Chamber - Permission via Slack (Will Dear)

Pine Media Suffer Targeted Attack on Sheffield Full Fibre Network

23rd January, 2024 (17 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Pine Media, which has been steadily deploying their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband infrastructure across parts of South Yorkshire, Kent and rural Derbyshire, has informed ISPreview that part of their network in Sheffield was recently hit by what appears to be a targeted attack.

Lyca Mobile UK Appoints New Senior Leaders to Aid Growth

17th January, 2024 (21 Comments)

Mobile operator Lyca Mobile, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on EE’s platform in the UK, has today bolstered its senior leadership team by appointing Lawrence Corbett as Group Chief Operating Officer, and James McQuillan as the new UK and Ireland (IRE) Country Manager.

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Targeted Attack Hits Ogi’s Full Fibre Broadband Network in Wales

15th January, 2024 (20 Comments)

Broadband ISP Ogi, which is deploying a multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South Wales, has informed ISPreview that the police have been called in after their new network suffered “extensive” damage in a “targeted attack” that left some customers disconnected.

A Look at UK Domain and IP Address Seizures in the Criminal Justice Bill

12th January, 2024 (16 Comments)

The new UK Criminal Justice Bill (CJB), which was first tabled in parliament toward the end of last year, includes a number of interesting new powers that can force Regional Internet Registries, Local Internet Registries or Internet Service Providers (ISP) to suspend internet domain names and IP addresses used for criminal purposes.

AltNet UK Broadband Engineers Unfairly Accused of Exposing Sites to Cyber Attack UPDATE2

2nd January, 2024 (38 Comments)

A major UK newspaper has suggested that some alternative broadband operators, many of which are deploying new gigabit-capable full fibre ISP networks, are being “lazy” by failing to hand over information about “when and where they are working on BT’s network“, which allegedly risks “exposing hospitals and banks to cyber attacks“.

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EE UK Warns of Christmas SMS Scam Spike – Peaking on 23rd Dec

21st December, 2023 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE has today forecast that Saturday 23rd December 2023 will be the “busiest day for SMS delivery scams“, with criminals targeting shoppers in the last-minute rush before Christmas. The same day in 2022 saw 3 million SMS scam attempts being blocked by the operator – the highest number of the entire year.

Vandals Attack Netomnia’s FTTP Broadband Network in Liverpool UPDATE

13th December, 2023 (35 Comments)

Police have been called in after vandals caused “extensive” damage to part of Netomnia’s (supported by UK ISP YouFibre) new full fibre broadband network in Liverpool, where the operator is currently investing £39 million on a large deployment project. But thankfully only a few customers have felt the impact.

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Ofcom UK Tackle Consumer Harm Caused by Cash for Calls Schemes

1st December, 2023 (4 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today launched a new consultation that looks set to tackle the risk of consumer harm from so-called “cash for calls” schemes. This will work by making clear that revenue sharing on certain phone number ranges (e.g. 084 and 087) will not be permitted.

Criminal Gang Cuts Down MS3 FTTP Broadband Poles in Hull UK UPDATE

20th November, 2023 (51 Comments)

A criminal gang has taken recent protests against MS3’s deployment of telecoms poles in parts of Hull (East Yorkshire), which are being used to carry the operator’s new full fibre broadband ISP network, to a disgusting new level over the weekend by using chainsaws to cut down several of the erections.

Virgin Media O2 and Ross Kemp Crafty Lager 7726

O2 UK Launch FREE Crafty Lager 7726 with Ross Kemp to Tackle Scams

15th November, 2023 (10 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have joined TV celebrity Ross Kemp to launch a new “limited-edition fraud-fighting beer” – Crafty Lager 7726, which will be offered for free and has been created to help get the nation talking about scams during International Fraud Awareness Week (12 – 18th November).

Lyca Mobile UK Confirm Personal Data Breached by Hackers

11th October, 2023 (26 Comments)

Mobile operator Lyca Mobile, which last week confirmed that it had been struck by a serious cyberattack that disrupted their systems and connectivity services across the UK (as well as in various other countries), has now confirmed that the hackers also “accessed at least some of the personal information held in our systems“.

Cable Thieves Knock Out Openreach Broadband in Rickmansworth UPDATE

6th October, 2023 (2 Comments)

Some 880 homes, businesses and schools in the Hertfordshire (England) town of Rickmansworth, which is home to a total population of over 25,000, have been left without a working fixed broadband ISP and phone service. The situation occurred after criminals damaged Openreach’s local network while attempting to steal their copper telecoms cable.

Lyca Mobile UK Confirm Cyber Attack Responsible for Disruption

3rd October, 2023 (75 Comments)

Mobile operator Lyca Mobile, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on EE’s platform, has this afternoon revealed that the reason for their recent UK service (i.e. calls and texts not working for some customers) and support problems (here) is because the network has “been the victim of a cyber attack“.

EE UK Preps Upgrades to Enhance Anti-SPAM and SCAM Filters

21st September, 2023 (10 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile network operator EE (BT) has announced that it is in the process of updating their existing SCAM and SPAM blocking technologies, which should enable them to root out additional scam tactics (e.g. “Hi Mum, Hi Dad” scams) and help protect consumers from hard to spot scams.

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UK Court Convicts Lapsus$ Hacker for Breaching ISP BT and EE UPDATE

24th August, 2023 (16 Comments)

The Southwark Crown Court in London has today found an autistic Oxfordshire teenager, Arion Kurtaj (18), responsible for having hacked a number of major companies – including, among others, broadband ISP and mobile giant BT (EE)- while acting as a member of the wider Lapsus$ hacking group.