Telecom firms form new cyber information-sharing group
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ByDavid DiMolfetta,
Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
May 19, 2026 01:41 PM ET
AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and others are among members of the C2 ISAC that aims to boost cybersecurity of the telecommunications sector, a prime target for foreign hackers.
Several of the telecommunications industry’s largest companies formed a new cybersecurity-focused information-sharing group, roughly two years after a sweeping Chinese hacking campaign compromised several major carriers and providers worldwide.
AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Lumen Technologies, T-Mobile, Verizon and Zayo have formed the Communications Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or C2 ISAC, which was announced Tuesday.
Rich Baich, chief information security officer for AT&T, is serving as the inaugural chair of the C2 ISAC’s board. Valerie Moon, a former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI official who currently works as the executive director for the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, will serve as...
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