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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.

AT&T, Crocs, Southwest Detail Cautious AI Agent Adoption

At Salesforce's Dreamforce event, executives from AT&T, Crocs, and Southwest Airlines shared their realistic approaches to deploying AI agents. They emphasized that while automation improves efficiency, human interaction remains critical, especially in sensitive areas like cancellations or 'right here, right now' customer issues. AT&T uses AI to cut phone upgrade times but reserves human intervention for cancellations. Southwest uses chatbots for servicing but relies on humans for empathetic support. Crocs uses an AI chatbot 'Rivet' but insists on keeping 'a human in the loop' and stresses the importance of a solid data foundation. The article also notes Salesforce's Agentforce adoption (about 20% of its customers) and highlights DE&PT's consumer survey showing decline in comfort with AI as autonomy increases. AI safety debates between Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Jensen Huang were also discussed, with contrasting views on regulation and safety.

• Salesforce's Agentforce is used by about 30,000 customers, roughly 20% of its 150,000 customer base.
• AT&T uses AI to reduce phone upgrade times from 30 to 10 minutes, but keeps humans for cancellations.
• Crocs has deployed an AI agent named Rivet for consumer chat and voice, and uses AI internally for developer tasks.

AT&T Blog Updates: New Posts on AI Networks, NYSE Milestone, and More

The AT&T blog page has been updated with new posts, including 'Why Enterprise Networks Need to Adapt for the AI Era' (Sept 10, 2026), 'AT&T: Built to Keep Up With What's Next' (Sept 09, 2026), 'AT&T and Mynd Immersive are Making a Change for Older Adults' (Sept 03, 2026), and '125 Years on the New York Stock Exchange: A legacy built for the future of connectivity' (Sept 03, 2026).

10-Q Financial Filing Analysis for Comcast (2026-07-23)

Die Comcast Corporation hat ihre Finanzergebnisse für das zweite Quartal 2026 vorgelegt und die strategische Absicht bekannt gegeben, sich bis Mitte 2027 über einen steuerfreien Spin-off von NBCUniversal und Sky in zwei unabhängige, börsennotierte Unternehmen aufzuspalten. Der konsolidierte Umsatz sank im Jahresvergleich um 1,2 % auf 29,94 Mrd. USD, bedingt durch die vorangegangene Abspaltung der Versant Media Group und Rückgänge im Segment Connectivity & Platforms. Der auf Comcast entfallende Nettogewinn ging von 11,12 Mrd. USD im Vorjahresquartal (begünstigt durch einen Hulu-Verkaufsgewinn von 9,4 Mrd. USD) auf 3,53 Mrd. USD zurück. Zudem schloss Comcast am 31. Mai 2026 den Verkauf seiner Sky-Aktivitäten in Deutschland für netto 59 Mio. USD vor Steuern ab.

• Ankündigung eines geplanten steuerfreien Spin-offs von NBCUniversal und Sky (einschließlich Media, Studios, Theme Parks und Sky) in ein unabhängiges börsennotiertes Unternehmen bis Mitte 2027.
• Ausweis eines konsolidierten Q2 2026-Umsatzes von 29,94 Mrd. USD (-1,2 % ggü. Vorjahr) und eines operativen Ergebnisses von 5,16 Mrd. USD (-13,9 % ggü. Vorjahr).
• Nettogewinn von 3,53 Mrd. USD gegenüber 11,12 Mrd. USD im Vorjahr sowie Abschluss des Verkaufs von Sky Deutschland für netto 59 Mio. USD vor Steuern zum 31. Mai 2026.

Validity Launches Heatwave Blocklist to Combat Synthetic Domain Warming

Validity, a provider of Enterprise AI solutions for digital marketers, has launched Validity Heatwave, a new email blocklist designed to identify unethical cold email practices and artificial domain warming. Heatwave analyzes millions of data points from the Validity Intelligence Network and has already listed over one million domains exhibiting synthetic engagement patterns. Deceptive domain warming services generate fake opens, clicks, and replies to build artificial sender reputation. The blocklist is integrated into Validity's DNS reputation zones, providing mailbox providers and ESPs with an additional signal to filter out domains with manufactured reputation. Heatwave is used or evaluated by partners including Comcast, Proofpoint, Spamhaus, and SURBL.

• Validity launched Heatwave, an email blocklist to combat artificial domain warming.
• Heatwave listed more than 1 million domains with unethical warming behaviors.
• The blocklist uses data from the Validity Intelligence Network.

Main Street Sports Group Sues Spectrum and Comcast

Main Street Sports Group — the remnant of the former Diamond Sports Group now winding down operations — has filed separate lawsuits in Delaware Superior Court against Charter Communications (Spectrum) and Comcast. The company alleges the carriers failed to fully pay contracted carriage/license fees after seeking to terminate distribution agreements immediately following the 2025-26 NHL and NBA playoffs. Filings reportedly contain heavily redacted figures for the disputed amounts. Main Street emerged from Chapter 11 in early 2025, ceased airing live major-league games after losing rights deals, and is pursuing owed distribution revenue to help cover outstanding rights payments to teams and other creditors.

• Main Street Sports Group filed lawsuits against Charter Communications and Comcast in Delaware Superior Court.
• The lawsuits allege the carriers failed to fully pay contracted carriage/license fees after terminating distribution agreements following the 2025-26 NHL and NBA playoffs.
• Public court filings are heavily redacted; specific disputed amounts are not publicly disclosed.