T-Mobile data breach fine overview:ย
- Who: The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States fined T-Mobile $60 million over a data breach the agency says occurred between August 2020 and June 2021.
- Why: The agency says T-Mobileโs failure to take appropriate measures to prevent unauthorized access to certain sensitive data during the incident violated a national security agreement it entered into in 2018 as part of its merger with Sprint.ย ย
- Where: Consumers nationwide use T-Mobile as a telecom provider.ย
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States fined T-Mobile $60 million in the wake of a data breach the agency determined occurred between August 2020 and June 2021.ย
The CFIUS says T-Mobile violated a national security agreement, which the telecom company entered in 2018 as part of its merger with Sprint, by failing to take appropriate measures to prevent unauthorized access to certain sensitive data during the incident.ย
The national security agreement was necessary due to the foreign ownership of the resulting post-merger entity, according to the CFIUS.ย
The agency determined T-Mobile also failed to promptly report some incidents of unauthorized access, which it says delayed its efforts to investigate and mitigate any potential harm.โ
โCFIUS concluded that these violations resulted in harm to the national security equities of the United States,โ the agency says.ย
T-Mobile says it is working with CFIUS to enhance compliance posture and obligations
T-Mobile is working with the CFIUS toโenhance its compliance posture and obligations, according to the agency, which says the company is also working with the United States to ensure compliance with its obligations going forward.ย
A spokesperson for T-Mobile, which completed its acquisition of Sprint in April 2020, reportedly says in a statement that the company is glad to have reached a resolution in the case and will continue working cooperatively with the U.S. government.ย
The spokesperson also says the penalty is the result of technical issues T-Mobile suffered following its merger with Sprint and maintains the incident was not a breach or intrusion and no bad actor was involved.
A consumer filed a class action lawsuit against T-Mobile in January 2023 over claims it failed to protect the private data of its customers during a separate data breach announced earlier that month.ย
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753 thoughts onT-Mobile fined $60M following data breach
Yes I was I was called by my bank that I needed a new debit card and to destroy the old one
I was notified by my security app that all of my personal information was compromised in three of the four T-Mobile data breaches including my SS number, my dob, address, pretty much everything private and confidential I hold dear is now compromised. My own wireless carrier of 14 years didnโt even bother to notify me. They suck!
Yes I was compromised by the breach. Iโve been receiving calls and emails from consumers Iโve never spoke to or even heard of.
Yes I was effected
Yes, my personal information was exposed.
As a business owner, T-Mobile has violated privacy measures.
I have talked to T-Moble fore months now. A women used my phone number and a copy of my VA driverโs license to get a apple watch and a home internet box at there MOBLE PCS. store. They as of yet to put the 499 for each device she got. I had to go to my storage unit, when it was closing to get the boxes of my devices. It took me over six hours talking to a representative to get her devices turned off. She kept telling me to hold on. I had to cut my phone off at two oโclock to get some sleep. I received numerous paperwork in May, when I had not gotten paperwork since before the pandemic.
Yes. My personal info was exposed. Now I pay hundreds of dollars per year for protection.
Yes i was and thats because i was an employee and i still was breached
I need justice as well seriously bro the exposed min multiple times