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ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the decentralized telecom infrastructure project Helium has announced a partnership with American telecom giant AT&T to integrate its community-built WiFi network into the AT&T service ecosystem. Under the agreement, AT&T users can now access over 93,500 hotspot nodes globally covered by Helium (primarily located in the United States), which are operated by individuals and businesses and maintained through digital asset incentives for network expansion.Helium Mobile CEO Amir Haleem stated that this collaboration will accelerate the commercialization of decentralized networks, allowing users to achieve automatic authentication access through AT&T's Passpoint WiFi roaming service. Currently, Helium's network has over 800,000 daily active users and has previously established a similar partnership with Mexican telecom company Telefónica, with plans to launch the first free mobile plan in the United States in February 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, AT&T will once again face allegations of failing to protect user information, as a previous favorable partial summary judgment has been overturned on appeal.The case began in 2020 when cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin sued a recent high school graduate, accusing him of stealing $24 million worth of cryptocurrency from Terpin through SIM card swapping. By using SIM card swapping, Pinsky bypassed the two-factor authentication protecting one of Terpin's crypto wallets.In 2018, at just 15 years old, Ellis Pinsky and his accomplices bribed an AT&T employee to transfer Terpin's SIM card information to a blank card on their phones. The lengthy and complex legal battle earned Pinsky the nickname "Baby Al Capone" and embroiled him in a potentially landmark case against AT&T.According to Terpin's lead attorney, Pierce O'Donnell, Terpin will now seek "24 million dollars plus at least 14 million dollars in interest and attorney fees, totaling at least 45 million dollars in claims against AT&T."