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Global Cloud Services
SITA made airline passenger data a supplier-accountability test
SITA is a risk and accountability case because its 2021 Passenger Service System data-security incident showed how a supplier behind visible airline brands can become the practical custodian of passenger and frequent-flyer evidence. The public record matters for passengers…
Global Institutional
easyJet made travel-data notice a passenger-risk accountability test
easyJet is a risk and accountability case because its 2020 cyber incident showed how airline records can turn ordinary travel administration into a concentrated passenger-risk file. The public record matters for passengers, payment-card holders, customer-service teams…
Global Cloud Services
Parler Cloud sells hosted capacity that still depends on racks, transit and repair windows
Parler Cloud is a useful test of how much infrastructure evidence can be read from the public internet before a buyer commits workloads to a hosted-capacity brand. The company has a current ARIN identity and visible IPv4 routes, but its larger cloud and Edgecast story still needs…
Global Cloud Services
Pegboard Hosting Inc. sells hosted capacity that still depends on racks, transit and repair windows
Pegboard Hosting Inc. sells hosted capacity that still depends on racks, transit and repair windows intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure…
North America Cloud Services
StormWeb Canada Hosting Inc. sells hosted capacity that still depends on racks, transit and repair windows
StormWeb Canada Hosting Inc. sells hosted capacity that still depends on racks, transit and repair windows intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the…
Global Institutional
Mr. Cooper made mortgage-platform shutdown a customer-data accountability test
Mr. Cooper Group is a risk and accountability case because its 2023 cyberattack put two duties in conflict at the same moment: the mortgage servicer had to contain a technology compromise, and millions of borrowers still needed confidence that payments, servicing records, escrow…
Global Cloud Services
DoorDash made third-party access a delivery-data accountability test
DoorDash is a risk and accountability case because its 2019 third-party service provider breach showed how a delivery marketplace can expose consumer, Dasher, and merchant data through an access path that sits outside the visible app experience. The public record matters for…
Global Cloud Services
TECHNOLOGY WISDOM CLOUD INTERNET TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. sells hosted capacity that still depends on racks, transit and repair windows
TECHNOLOGY WISDOM CLOUD INTERNET TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. sells hosted capacity that still depends on racks, transit and repair windows intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market…
Global Institutional
Boeing 737 MAX made MCAS certification a transport-safety accountability test
Boeing 737 MAX MCAS is a risk and accountability case because two fatal crashes, a global grounding, public investigations, criminal-resolution records, regulator return-to-service actions, and continuing safety-governance scrutiny showed how safety-critical automation can shift…
Global Cloud Services
WhatsApp made spyware abuse an endpoint-trust accountability test
WhatsApp is a risk and accountability case because a messaging service known for end-to-end encryption had to confront a different trust boundary: the endpoint, the call stack, and the platform infrastructure that could be abused before a message was ever read. The public record…
North America Institutional
Colonial Pipeline made ransomware a fuel-logistics continuity accountability test
Colonial Pipeline is a risk and accountability case because its May 2021 ransomware incident showed how a private pipeline operator can become public fuel infrastructure when digital compromise, operational shutdown, market behavior, emergency waivers, law-enforcement recovery…
Global Institutional
ICBC Financial Services made ransomware a Treasury-clearing accountability test
ICBC Financial Services is a risk and accountability case because a ransomware incident at a broker-dealer did not stay inside the perimeter of one firm. It reached the operational machinery behind U.S. Treasury securities activity, fixed income records, customer confirmations…
Global Datacenter
Acer eDC markets 61,500 square metres at Longtan, but discloses no powered-capacity figure
Acer e-Enabling Data Center's own pages describe a six-storey Longtan facility with two claimed Taipower supply loops, a claimed 23,200-square-metre single hosting room and an active regional network. The missing number is the one a capacity buyer needs most: how much IT load is…
North America Regional ISP
AAA Wireless IT's Colville broadband offer reaches BGP through NoaNet while its last mile stays off the map
AAA Wireless IT's Colville broadband offer reaches BGP through NoaNet while its last mile stays off the map intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the…
Global National Telecom
Ericsson made an expired mobile-core certificate a cross-border continuity accountability test
On 6 December 2018, a certificate embedded in Ericsson mobile-core software reached its expiry time. The result was not a quiet maintenance warning. Operators in several countries lost service at nearly the same moment, including O2 in the United Kingdom and SoftBank in Japan.…
Global Regional ISP
AS267297's four /24s outlived the Netuno2 website, while Core3 leaves Camaçari's fibre boundary unresolved
AS267297's four /24s outlived the Netuno2 website, while Core3 leaves Camaçari's fibre boundary unresolved intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the…
Global Regional ISP
QwertyNet advertises 10/10 Mbps in Ujbuda, guarantees 0.01 Mbps, and routes through one visible neighbour
QwertyNet advertises 10/10 Mbps in Ujbuda, guarantees 0.01 Mbps, and routes through one visible neighbour intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the…
Latin America and Caribbean Regional ISP
Plug Supernet's /22 shifted to Bizz, but AS264311's silence does not settle Morro do Pilar
Plug Supernet's /22 shifted to Bizz, but AS264311's silence does not settle Morro do Pilar intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure…
Latin America and Caribbean Regional ISP
NetOne calls its Guapiaçu fibre fully redundant, but RIPE RIS saw Sinal BR as the sole adjacent AS for four more-specific routes on 15 July
NetOne calls its Guapiaçu fibre fully redundant, but RIPE RIS saw Sinal BR as the sole adjacent AS for four more-specific routes on 15 July intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context…
Global Institutional
Capita made outsourcing cyber risk a public-services accountability test
Capita is a risk and accountability case because its 2023 cyber incident showed how a supplier compromise can become a public-services problem even when the affected systems sit inside a private outsourcing group. The issue is not only whether Capita restored systems after…