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Omantel fended off 123 million cyber attacks in 2020

Thursday 18 March 2021 | 15:15 CET | News
Omantel's corporate security infrastructure thwarted 435,000 signalling attacks, attempted hacks that take advantage of a weakness in the design of Signalling System 7 (SS7) networks to enable data theft, eavesdrop on communications, text interception and location tracking.

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Categories: Internet
Companies: Omantel
Countries: Oman
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