Catalin Cimpanu

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Catalin Cimpanu was a security reporter for ZDNet between Sep 2018 and Feb 2021.

Catalin does not own any stock or cryptocurrency, does not have affiliations with cyber-security firms, and has never published paid-for or sponsored articles.

Latest from Catalin Cimpanu

CenturyLink outage led to a 3.5% drop in global web traffic

CenturyLink incident takes down Cloudflare, Reddit, Hulu, AWS, Blizzard, Steam, Xbox Live, Discord, and dozens more.

August 30, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Telcos

FCC tells US telcos to implement caller ID authentication by June 30, 2021

FCC says all US telcos must use the new SHAKEN/STIR protocol to support caller ID authentication by June, next year.

March 31, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Telcos

US telcos say they stopped selling user location data, with a few exceptions

AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon tell the FCC they've terminated most user data sharing arrangements.

May 16, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Telcos

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CenturyLink outage led to a 3.5% drop in global web traffic

FCC tells US telcos to implement caller ID authentication by June 30, 2021

US telcos say they stopped selling user location data, with a few exceptions

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