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• Opex as a cost category is several times the size of capex and hence, provides ample opportunities for telco CxOs to reduce overall costs.
• On average, network operations opex alone accounted for close to a fifth (17%) of total opex for telcos in the 2016-22 timeframe.
• This ratio has been rising over the years: network operations opex increased from 16.4% of total opex in 2016 to 17.5% in 2022.
• This 22.5% is consistent with the global telco market, where D&A accounted for 21.5% of total opex in the same timeframe.

• The stolen data is said to include staff names, staff ID numbers and national insurance numbers (although, importantly, not banking details).
• But, other than for those personally affected, the real issue is what this attack reveals about the evolution of cybercrime.
• More cybercriminals are realising that if they can compromise a trusted supplier, this will lead to the compromise of that organisation’s customers.
• This allowed hackers to compromise Zellis, a trusted supplier of services to BA, the BBC, Boots and others.

Future of cybercrime

• This suggests these cybercriminals have learned from previous supply-chain attacks, and are experimenting with making the strategy commercially viable.
• In supply-chain attacks, cybercriminals target one organisation by attacking an external provider they use.
• Attributed to Russia’s military intelligence agency the GRU, SolarWinds was seen as being mainly motivated by state espionage.

Evolutionary step

• This was arguably always going to be an evolutionary step for cybercriminals.
• Later, criminal copycats such as cl0p apply the same strategy, avoiding the pain of inventing new methods.
• The ultimatum issued by cl0p is also revealing about the behaviour and motivation of cybercriminals.
• The final step in maximising the return from the attack, by making all the victims pay, is clearly harder than with simple ransomware, where the focus is on one target organisation and one route to the pay-out from the crime.

• Triton Digital ®, the global technology and services provider to the digital audio, podcast, and broadcast radio industries, announced today the release of its April 2023 reporting period (April 3, 2023 – April 30, 2023), U.S. Podcast Ranker , as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service.
• NPR came in at #2 again with 34.3M Average Weekly Downloads and 6.6M Average Weekly Users, followed by Audacy Podcast Network again at #3 with 28.4M Average Weekly Downloads and 9.0M Average Weekly Users.
• New shows debuting during this period for listeners included HBO's Succession Podcast (WarnerMedia), High Strange (Audacy Podcast Network), and National Park After Dark (Audioboom).
• The Top Sales Network Reports are ranked by Average Weekly Downloads and Average Weekly Users in accordance with v2.1 of the IAB Podcast Technical Measurement Guidelines.

• ARLINGTON, Texas, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcadis, a leading global design and consultancy organization for natural and built assets, has named Lisa Stone Global Strategic Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Director for its Resilience Global Business Area and the Americas.
• In this role, Stone will help drive diverse, equitable and inclusive employee experiences through the implementation of the firm's global DEIB strategic framework, priorities and programs, continuing the company's work in creating a culture of belonging for its employees.
• Lisa Stone, Global Strategic Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Director, Resilience and the Americas said: "The research is clear that diversity of people - and of thought - delivers benefits to companies, organizational culture, clients and projects.
• Nana Berchie, Global People Director—Diversity, Belonging & Human Rights said:
  "Lisa brings a tremendous amount of experience and commitment in the DEI&B and human rights space.