Expert sees conflict between Russia, NATO in Arctic in `next couple of years’

A #Russia-#NATO conflict in the #Arctic may erupt in the next two to three years amid tensions between the two sides, a Russian military expert said.

"As regards the potential timeline of this conflict, judging from all papers, delivery times and public statements being made by NATO and US military leaders, that is scheduled for 2030 or later," Alexander Stepanov, program director at the Academy of Political Sciences and senior researcher at the Institute of Latin American Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), wrote. "But given how the situation has been evolving of late, the high intensity and escalation of tensions, that [#conflict] may occur there in the next three to three years," he warned.

US’ AT&T reports leak of personal data of 73 mln subscribers

Personal data of 73 million subscribers of one of US’s largest cell phone carrier got leaked to the darknet, the company announced.

"AT&T has launched a robust investigation supported by internal and external cybersecurity experts. Based on our preliminary analysis, the data set appears to be from 2019 or earlier, impacting approximately 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4 million former account holders," the carrier said in its statement.

The leaked information, which includes names, and social security numbers, got leaked to the darknet about two weeks ago, but the leak source has not been discovered yet. The company claimed that the incident has not affected its operation in any way so far.

A major disruption occurred in the AT&T operation in February, which was investigated by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), together with the provider itself and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).