January 6, 2026

January 6, 2026

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Cybercrook claims to be selling infrastructure info about three major US utilities

A cybercrook claims to have breached Pickett and Associates, a Florida-based engineering firm whose clients include major US utilities, and is selling what they claim to be about 139 GB of engineering data about Tampa Electric Company, Duke Energy Florida, and American Electric Power.

Congress Active with Broadband Bills

We’re near the end of the year, and Congress is recessed until the new year. That hasn’t stopped Congress from introducing interesting new bills related to broadband. Read More

Notice of Ex Parte Communication; Modernizing Spectrum Sharing for Satellite Broadband, SB Docket No. 25-157

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)1 writes to urge the Commission to carefully consider the above-captioned Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 2 in the context of its recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Upper C-band NPRM) regarding the Upper C-band. 3 Even if the Upper C-band auction is limited to the statutorily-mandated 100 MHz clearing target, some existing C-band users will likely have to relocate to Ku-band in order to continue to provide the same service that they do today. 4 And if the Commission elects to exceed that target (as has been raised in the Upper C-band NPRM), many C-band customers will need to be accommodated in the Ku-band as a result. Read More

Trump suggests US used cyberattacks to turn off lights in Venezuela during strikes

President Donald Trump suggested Saturday that the U.S. used cyberattacks or other technical capabilities to cut power off in Caracas during strikes on the Venezuelan capital that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Read More

Finland seizes vessel suspected of damaging undersea cable

European countries are on high alert following a series of suspected sabotage attacks on underwater cables and pipelines. Read More

Some Greek flights resume after air traffic radio collapse

Flights across Greece were grounded for several hours on Sunday after a collapse of radio frequencies crippled air traffic communications, stranding thousands of travellers and bringing airport operations to a virtual standstill. Read More

SoftBank Acquires DigitalBridge to Scale Next-Gen AI Infrastructure

SoftBank Group (TSE: 9984), headquartered in Tokyo, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Boca Raton-based DigitalBridge Group (NYSE: DBRG), a digital infrastructure asset manager, for about $4 billion. As of 3Q25, DigitalBridge managed $106 billion in assets under management across nearly 50 portfolio companies in data centers, towers, fiber networks, and edge infrastructure, Inside Towers reported. Read More