A.J. Vicens reports:
Hackers working for an unnamed nation-state breached networks at Ribbon Communications, a key U.S. telecommunications services company, and remained within the firm’s systems for nearly a year without being detected, a company spokesperson confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.
Ribbon Communications, a Texas-based company that provides technology to facilitate voice and data communications between separate tech platforms and environments, said in its October 23 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company learned early last month that people “reportedly associated with a nation-state actor” gained access to the company’s IT network, with initial access dating to early December 2024.
The hack has not been previously reported.
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