Telco Use Case — 5G Core, Tested Before a Single Subscriber Moved

Challenge: A carrier rolling 5G SA — cloud-native core (CNF on Kubernetes). Fear: container escape from CNF to host, then to subscriber data. No outage allowed.

Solution — Snipeyes Telco Pen-Test (OT-aware):

  • External + internal + cloud — scoped to CNF, not generic IT
  • Manual container escape + misconfig — found over-privileged service account in 5 hours
  • Cloud CIS benchmark + segmentation review — staging, not prod

Outcome:

  • Escaped path closed, retest passed — rollout on time
  • Hardening baseline for next CNF version
  • Now continuous: Auto PenTest per CNF release

Engineer note: “You didn’t ask for a maintenance window — and didn’t need one.”

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