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ykemp@tribunemedia.net Bahamas-based cyber security experts yesterday argued that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company s (BTC) outdated network equipment left it vulnerable to penetration by malign actors. Scott MacKenzie, Cloud Carib s managing director, told Tribune Business that it was easy to access BTC’s systems because the carrier, and possibly its immediate parent, Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), were using legacy networks and equipment that are at least 20 years out-of-date. Speaking following allegations that Chinese state-owned entities had used BTC s network to spy on US citizens, Mr MacKenzie said: “The issue relating to the SS7 network that China allegedly hacked into is that SS7 is a very, very old protocol that was primarily used in PSTN (Public switched telephone network).

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