TPG confirms data on dark web belongs to its customer
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TPG Telecom has confirmed that data freely available to download on the dark web belongs to one of its customers, following a cyber security breach of TPGâs servers in April.
The 5 gigabyte download, available at no charge on at least one dark web site, comes from one of the customers of TPGâs TrustedCloud service, a cloud-hosting service which the company was already in the process of decommissioning when it was hacked on April 25, a TPG spokesperson told
The Australian Financial Review.
Ominously, the file is called âtpg part 1.7zâ (7z is a file compression format, similar to âzipâ and ârarâ), suggesting a second instalment may be on the way.
By Ry Crozier on May 6, 2021 11:07AM
Once underpinned by newly-purchased millimetre-wave spectrum.
TPG Telecom expects 5G fixed wireless delivered over millimetre-wave spectrum to act as a “mass market … NBN alternative”, underscoring the competitive pressure wireless will exert on NBN Co in coming years.
CEO Iñaki Berroeta told TPG’s first post-merger annual general meeting that the $108.2 million investment in millimetre-wave 26GHz spectrum “in all available licence areas” via a recent auction was a “strong result” and “excellent outcome for our shareholders”.
“The millimetre wave spectrum we acquired will complement our current spectrum holdings and allow us to deliver an excellent 5G experience for customers,” Berroeta said.
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