Telecom giant T-Mobile will pay a $31.5 million fine to settle investigations with the Federal Communications Commission for past data breaches that exposed the personal data of millions of customers. While half of that total will take the form of a traditional fine, the other half will be invested into fulfilling a consent decree mandating that T-Mobile put in place a series of mandatory data security and cybersecurity improvements over the next two years.
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel stated, "Consumers' data is too important and much too sensitive to receive anything less than the best cybersecurity protections. We will continue to send a strong message to providers entrusted with this delicate information that they need to beef up their systems or there will be consequences." This underscores the responsibility telecom companies bear in safeguarding user data.
The breaches covered by the settlement occurred in 2021, 2022 and 2023, through cyberattacks that were "varied in their nature, exploitations, and apparent methods of attack." A significant incident in 2021 involved a hacker impersonating a legitimate connection to access sensitive data by guessing server passwords.
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