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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I have had over $6000 + fraudulently posted to my account at my financial institution since 2021 due to the T-Mobile breech. I have 2 different companies monitoring the dark web for my information. Just recently notified by both that my SSN is now on DW. Had to contact SSI and the 3 national CRAโs now and paying for monitoring services I canโt afford. I did not have any of my info exposed before T-mobileโs breech. I have been with the same financial institution for 12 years.
Please sign me up my data is all over the dark web. I have been hacked on multiple accounts because of this.
My info is all over the dark web. I trust these companies and Iโm left to clean it all up not them. I was with them for a few yrs. Add me please
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I was with tmobile for over 10 years. my data is now all over the dark web. add me please
Yes I received an email apologizing for it Iโve also receive one from a few other companies telling my data was breached and is now on the dark web
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I have been a t-mobile customer for 4 years
Add me to please. Had T-Mobile for 12 years.
I was with this company and still am as they merge with sprint and metro and itโs getting a little out of hand how all of our information is getting leaked by many different places and all over the Dark web. Nothing is safe anymore personally technology just keeps having all these problems. Add me please.