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T-Mobile Technician Cuts Cable to Thwart Salt Typhoon Hack

A T-Mobile technician literally cut a cable to stop the Chinese Salt Typhoon cyberespionage campaign, as reported by Bloomberg. In autumn 2024, Salt Typhoon infiltrated nine major US telecom companies, including Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, compromising routers and accessing metadata of millions of customers. T-Mobile's security team discovered an unusual router in its California data center that was communicating despite being offline. Tracing the signal, they found a manipulated router at another telecom company in Chicago, posing as a T-Mobile device. A technician drove to the site and cut the router's cable with scissors, successfully halting the attack. The router was later re-activated in an isolated test environment, but the attackers had already disappeared. T-Mobile's CIO Jeff Simon stated the hackers never accessed customer data, and the severed cable is now displayed in a frame as a memento of the incident.

• Salt Typhoon attacked 200+ targets across 80 countries in autumn 2024.
• Nine major US telecoms were hacked, including Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.
• T-Mobile technician cut a router cable in Chicago to stop the attack.

MNTN Appoints Mike Katz to Board

MNTN, a technology platform for performance marketing on Connected TV, announced that Mike Katz has joined its Board of Directors. Katz, a veteran of T-Mobile where he served as Chief Business & Product Officer and continues as a Strategic Advisor to the CEO, brings nearly three decades of experience in growth, innovation, and brand building. He is credited with helping shape T-Mobile's Un-carrier strategy and expanding its scope into broadband, advertising, and digital customer experiences. MNTN's CEO, Mark Douglas, expressed confidence that Katz's experience will be invaluable as MNTN enters its next phase of growth. Katz's appointment adds to MNTN's leadership bench as the company invests in new initiatives.

• Mike Katz joined MNTN's Board of Directors.
• Katz is former Chief Business & Product Officer at T-Mobile and continues as Strategic Advisor to the CEO.
• Katz spent nearly 30 years at T-Mobile and helped launch the Un-carrier strategy.

Colin Jost Honored as Brand Genius for No Notes Productions

ADWEEK has named Colin Jost, longtime Saturday Night Live writer and Weekend Update co-anchor, to its 2026 Brand Genius class. Jost co-founded No Notes Productions, a creative agency that has produced high-profile campaigns for T-Mobile, Blue Moon, and Zoom. Zoom recently tapped No Notes for a Super Bowl campaign. Jost joked to ADWEEK that he would have been happy simply being called a 'non-idiot.' The recognition spotlights the rising role of celebrity-founded agencies in brand marketing.

• Colin Jost was named to ADWEEK's 2026 Brand Genius class.
• Jost runs the No Notes Productions agency.
• No Notes Productions worked with T-Mobile, Blue Moon, and Zoom.

Neue iPhone-Generation bei O 2: Erstmals das faltbare iPhone Duo im Sortiment von Apple

Telefónica Deutschland kündigt die Verfügbarkeit der neuen iPhone-Modelle (iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max und iPhone Duo) bei O 2 an. Zudem wird ein Transformationsprogramm zur Ausrichtung auf nachhaltiges Wachstum kommuniziert.

Telefónica Deutschland vermarktet Festnetzangebote der Marke O 2 auf dem Glasfasernetz von mih NET Berlin

Telefónica Deutschland vermarktet Festnetzangebote der Marke O 2 auf dem Glasfasernetz von mih NET Berlin, um den Wettbewerb im Berliner Glasfasermarkt zu erhöhen.

Telefónica Deutschland News: 5G RedCap für Smart Meter Rollout und weitere Meldungen

E.ON Grid Solutions, Westnetz, Telefónica Deutschland und PPC testen neue Mobilfunktechnologie 5G RedCap für intelligente Messsysteme. Weitere Meldungen: 'Mehr Wettbewerb' und andere Pressemitteilungen.