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Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a $13 million settlement with AT&T that concluded an investigation into a third-party data breach that exposed AT&T customer data. This is the latest in a series...more
Last Friday, July 12, 2024, it was widely reported that AT&T experienced another catastrophic cyber-attack. This material cyber incident affected over 100 million of its wireless customers according to AT&T’s 8-K Filing with...more
AT&T Inc. announced in a July 12, 2024, SEC filing that hackers stole a cache of six months’ worth of mobile phone customer data, illegally downloading the records from a workspace account at the cloud-service provider...more
GandCrab Ransomware Backers Working on New Ransomware REvil - We previously reported that the criminals behind the GandCrab Ransomware were retiring, and that a patch was discovered and companies are urged to implement the...more
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals dealt the DOJ a blow yesterday with a ruling that “rejected the government’s claim that a lower court had applied antitrust laws incorrectly in allowing the merger” between AT&T and Time Warner...more
The FCC has been flexing its muscles in 2015 when it comes to enforcing data security requirements. In April, it reached a $25 million settlement with AT&T Services, Inc. for failing to safeguard customers’ personal...more
In the span of two days, mobile device users learned of two data breaches that could compromise their personal data. In one, Experian (a credit reporting agency) reported that it was hacked, potentially putting 15 million...more
We have reported before how CEOs, GCs and Boards are struggling with understanding and responding to cybersecurity risks within their organizations....more
Large-scale data breaches have become increasingly common, bringing with them not only bad press and loss of customer goodwill, but serious monetary risk. New cyber security legislation enacted in multiple states, including...more
The FCC has been warning communications companies for months that protecting consumer privacy and information security is a top priority, and the recent announcement of a $25 million settlement with AT&T over its alleged...more
In the largest ever data security enforcement action taken by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), AT&T agreed to pay $25 million to resolve an investigation into consumer privacy violations at its call centers in...more
On Wednesday, April 8, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entered a consent decree and levied a $25 million civil penalty against AT&T to settle a data breach that exposed the information of nearly 280,000 customers....more
As noted in previous alerts, the FCC has dramatically increased its enforcement of data security practices and breaches resulting from what the FCC considers to be inadequate security measures. ...more