A "new" U.S. government report finds that SS7, SIGTRAN, Diameter and other protocols put mobile and IP networks at risk to cyber attacks. Why didn't they notice the problem when first revealed in 2008? Call it the Revenge of the CLECs. When the communications industry underwent massive deregulation two decades past - e.g., in the U.S. Telecom Act of 1996 and similar laws in … [Read more...]