US fines telcos $200M for sharing customer location data without consent
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon say they’ll appeal the fines imposed by the FCC for sharing customer location data.
Source: techcrunch.com
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T-Mobile Racks Up Third Consumer Data Exposure of 2023
The mobile company states that the issue was due to a glitch that occurred in an update.
Source: darkreading.com
Verizon Data Breach 2022: 6000 TracFone Users Exposed
Thousands of TracFone users are encountering issues with their phone numbers. Malicious actors transfer the accounts to different carriers without the users' consent. Straight Talk and Total Wireless subscribers are also affected by this data breach. Fortunately, TracFone seems aware of the issue.
Source: itechpost.com
Thousands of TracFone users saw their numbers ported to other carriers without their consent
Customers of Verizon-owned TracFone saw their numbers transferred to different carriers without their consent in recent weeks. The company said in a notice on its website that external attackers were responsible.
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Source: theverge.com