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T-Mobile Investigating Claims of Massive Data Breach

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2021

On Sunday, Vice.com broke the news that someone was selling data on 100 million people, and that the data came from T-Mobile. On Sunday, Vice.com broke the news that someone was selling data on 100 million people, and that the data came from T-Mobile.

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T-Mobile API Data Breach Affects 37 Million Customers

Heimadal Security

JANUARY 20, 2023

T-Mobile announced a new data breach after a threat actor used one of its Application Programming Interfaces to steal personal data from 37 million active postpaid and prepaid customer accounts (APIs).

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T-Mobile suffered the second data breach in 2023

Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

T-Mobile disclosed the second data breach of 2023, threat actors had access to the personal information of hundreds of customers since February. T-Mobile suffered the second data breach of 2023, threat actors had access to the personal information of hundreds of customers starting in late February 2023.

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T-Mobile Data Breach: Hackers Say They Stole 100 Million Customer Data

Heimadal Security

AUGUST 17, 2021

A T-Mobile data breach has come to the public’s attention after being announced by a cybercriminal. The hacker asserted that the impact points out to 100 million T-Mobile clients, the consequences of this cyber attack consisting in the theft of databases where private customer information was stored.

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Mint Mobile Was Hit by a Data Breach

Heimadal Security

JULY 12, 2021

It seems that the Mint Mobile data breach happened when an unauthorized person obtained access to subscribers’ account information and in this way succeeded to port phone numbers to another carrier. The post Mint Mobile Was Hit by a Data Breach appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 18, 2021

T-Mobile is warning that a data breach has exposed the names, date of birth, Social Security number and driver’s license/ID information of more than 40 million current, former or prospective customers who applied for credit with the company. It is not clear how many people total may be impacted by this breach.

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T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach and SIM Swapping Attacks

Heimadal Security

MARCH 1, 2021

After an undisclosed number of subscribers were reportedly hit by malicious SIM swapping attacks, American telecommunications company T-Mobile has announced a data breach. The post T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach and SIM Swapping Attacks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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CashApp Customers Affected by Data Breach

Heimadal Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Cash App is a mobile payment service that enables customers to send money to one another using a mobile phone application. The post CashApp Customers Affected by Data Breach appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The post CashApp Customers Affected by Data Breach appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Robinhood Suffered a Massive Data Breach

Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It is best known for offering commission-free stock, ETF, and cryptocurrency trading via a mobile app launched in March 2015. The post Robinhood Suffered a Massive Data Breach appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. What Happened?

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Hyundai suffered a data breach that impacted customers in France and Italy

Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

Hyundai disclosed a data breach that impacted Italian and French car owners and clients who booked a test drive. Hyundai has suffered a data breach that impacted Italian and French car owners and customers who booked a test drive. According to the letter, financial data were not exposed.

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79,400 MyRepublic Customers Affected by Major Data Breach

Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Singapore-based mobile operator and Internet service provider MyRepublic revealed today that the personal information of almost 79,400 mobile subscribers was potentially accessed by threat actors, making it the latest incident in a string of cyberattacks in recent months. What Happened?

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Freedom Mobile data breach impacts at least 15,000 customers

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

Canadian Freedom Mobile mobile network operator exposed the details of many customers, including their payment card data. Security researchers at vpnMentor discovered an unprotected database containing information belonging to Freedom Mobile customers. million users of the mobile network operator. million users.”

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Victims of the T-Mobile 2021 Data Leak Are in Danger of Identity Theft

Heimadal Security

MARCH 4, 2022

The threat actors had targeted T-Mobile servers involved in development, staging, and production. To prove the authenticity of the T-Mobile data breach, threat actors shared a print screen of […].

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T-Mobile: ‘We Know How the Hacker Did It’

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 30, 2021

We have new information on the T-Mobile data breach that compromised the personal information of millions of customers just a couple weeks ago. The data breach resulted in the personal information of approximately 54 million customers being accessed by the hacker. T-Mobile data breach details.

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The phone monitoring app LetMeSpy disclosed a data breach

Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2023

The company immediately launched an investigation into the incident and notified law enforcement and data protection watchdogs. “It’s not clear who is behind the LetMeSpy hack or their motives. .” India, and Africa.

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". It's made up of many different individual data breaches from literally thousands of different sources. Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows.

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T-Mobile Security Breach: 48.6 Million Customers Affected

Heimadal Security

AUGUST 20, 2021

We have lately written about a massive T-Mobile security breach impacting millions of T-Mobile customers. Hackers stole databases containing customer data and tried to sell parts of it on the black market. T-mobile has recently confirmed that the numbers […]. The post T-Mobile Security Breach: 48.6

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T-Mobile confirms Lapsus$ had access its systems

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2022

Telecommunication giant T-Mobile confirmed the LAPSUS$ extortion group gained access to its networks in March. Telecom company T-Mobile on Friday revealed that LAPSUS$ extortion gang gained access to its networks. ” LAPSUS$ leader White/Lapsus Jobs looking up the Department of Defense in T-Mobile’s internal Atlas system.

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Zee5 Platform is Once Again Affected by a Data Breach

Heimadal Security

MARCH 4, 2021

The Zee5 mobile app is available on Web, Android, […]. The post Zee5 Platform is Once Again Affected by a Data Breach appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Zee5 is an Indian on-demand Internet streaming media provider that was launched in India on February 14th, 2018 having available content in 12 languages.

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Approov Addresses Apple Watch Security Issues

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 18, 2023

billion personal records were exposed through data breaches over the last two years. These findings underscore the need for protecting data in the cloud through mobile attestations and improved API security. This blog specifically explores the crucial advancements made to enhance the security of the Apple Watch.

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GUEST ESSAY: Lessons learned in 2021 as cloud services, mobility and cybersecurity collided

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The acceleration of cloud, mobility, and security initiatives proved to be critical for organizations looking to weather the new threats and disruptions. In 2021 we witnessed the continuation of the seismic shift in how people work, a change that started at the beginning of the global pandemic.

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T-Mobile data breach exposed personal information of up to 2 million customers

Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2018

T-Mobile today announced It has suffered a security breach that May have exposed personal information of up to 2 million T-mobile customers. T-Mobile notified the security breach to the affected customers and via SMS message, letter in the mail, or a phone call. T-Mobile reported the incident to law enforcement.

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T-Mobile API Breach – What Went Wrong?

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2023

Last week, T-Mobile disclosed that the personally identifiable information (PII) of 37 million of its past and present customers had been breached in an API attack. They also shared that the attack had been going on since November but was only caught January 5 by T-Mobile’s security team. Was the API known to T-Mobile?

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T-Mobile and BlackBerry: More Lessons Learned the Hard Way

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2021

We learned this week that T-Mobile was the victim of a data breach that exposed data from tens of millions of customers, and then we found out that there is a flaw in BlackBerry’s QNX operating system that puts hundreds of millions of devices at risk.

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30 million Americans affected by the Astoria Company data breach

Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2021

Researchers discovered the availability in the DarK Web of 30M of records of Americans affected by the Astoria Company data breach. The details of the Astoria Company data sale included, most notably, 40 million U.S. Nightlion researchers reported a recent blog post that claims Seller13 is a member of ShinyHunters.

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Threat Actors Gained Access to Google Fi Customers’ Information

Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Google Fi, the cell network provider of Google, recently confirmed a data breach. It is likely that the incident is related to the recent T-Mobile security incident, which allowed threat actors to steal the information of millions of customers.

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Fixing Data Breaches Part 2: Data Ownership & Minimisation

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Yesterday, I wrote the first part of this 5-part series on fixing data breaches and I focused on education. The next few parts of this series all focus on cures - how do we fix data breaches once bad code has already been written or bad server configurations deployed? Best of all, it's about prevention rather than cure.

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Whoosh Confirms Breach as Hackers Put Data on Sale

Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The scooter-sharing service has confirmed suffering a data breach soon after hackers launched the sale of a database containing the details of 7.2 Whoosh operates in 40 cities across Russia, with over 75,000 scooters which makes it the leading urban mobility service platform in the country. million customers.

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3 Best Practices for Improving Mobile Device Security on Your Network

Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

With hybrid and fully remote work becoming more mainstream, more employees than ever are using both personal and corporate mobiles to access company data. This leaves security teams scrambling to implement best practices for mobile device security. Fortunately, Duo makes implementing mobile security policies simple.

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MY TAKE: lastwatchdog.com receives recognition as a Top 10 cybersecurity webzine in 2021

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Expect content that is always accurate and fair, with recent posts exploring the monitoring of complex modern networks, telecom data breaches that expose vast numbers of mobile users, efforts to make software products safer and ransomware attacks on global supply chains. webroot.com/blog. krebsonsecurity.com.

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How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. Image: Cloudflare.com. In an Aug.

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GUEST ESSAY: Why rigorous vulnerability management is crucial to protecting critical systems

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 7, 2022

As companies accelerate their reliance on agile software development, cloud-hosted IT infrastructure and mobile applications, vulnerability management (VM) has an increasingly vital security role to play. IBM’s 2021 “Cost of a Data Breach” report showed that last year, the cost of a data breach rose to $4.24

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How to Remediate Keys and Certificates After a Data Breach

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 21, 2022

How to Remediate Keys and Certificates After a Data Breach. This is true for all types of key and certificate compromises, including those used for SSL, SSH, mobile, and authentication. Cost of a Machine Identity Data Breach with Yahoo! Data Breach. Alexa Cardenas. Fri, 10/21/2022 - 12:50. UTM Medium.

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Mobile App Developers Exposed 100 Million Android Users’ Data

Heimadal Security

MAY 21, 2021

The Check Point Research team has recently discovered that in the last few months, mobile app developers potentially exposed the private data of over 100 million Android users, by not following best security practices when integrating third-party cloud services into their applications.

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Are Data Breaches the New Reality for Retail?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 18, 2018

While retailers digitally transform their businesses to better serve the higher demands of their customers, they’re being challenged with safeguarding personal data to protect customers, partners and suppliers’ critical information. In fact, this year’s report showed a massive increase in data breaches, with 50 percent of U.S.

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ParkMobile Breach Leaves 21M User Data Exposed

Heimadal Security

APRIL 14, 2021

The account information of 21 million customers of ParkMobile, a very popular mobile parking app from North America, is now being sold online due to a data breach. The post ParkMobile Breach Leaves 21M User Data Exposed appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Establishing trust in mobile payments

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

At the start of the year, Thales released the findings of its latest annual global Data Threat Report which found that, as businesses everywhere undergo a form of digital transformation, the risk of data breaches has reached an all-time high. It’s time then, to unlock the full potential of secure mobile payments.

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GUEST ESSAY: A primer on content management systems (CMS) — and how to secure them

The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Wikipedia uses a CMS for textual entries, blog posts, images, photographs, videos, charts, graphics, and “ talk pages ” that help its many contributors collaborate. Security is also necessary if your retrieval system (such as a website or mobile app) has a paywall or is restricted to only a subset of people, such as customers or resellers.

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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. As it happens, Plex announced its own data breach one day before LastPass disclosed its initial August intrusion.

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Protect yourself from Vishing Attack!!

Quick Heal Antivirus

DECEMBER 23, 2022

” Data breaches worldwide prove this accurate, as human errors, lack of. appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice. “Humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity.” The post Protect yourself from Vishing Attack!!

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Happy 9th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2018

This past year featured some 150 blog posts , but as usual the biggest contribution to this site came from the amazing community of readers here who have generously contributed their knowledge, wit and wisdom in more than 10,000 comments. Many of you have requested a redesign to make this site more mobile-friendly. Mobile Carriers.

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GUEST ESSAY: Sure steps to achieve a robust employee cybersecurity awareness training regimen

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. It involves regularly changing passwords and inventorying sensitive data. There are several ways you can protect your business from data breaches. Inventory your sensitive data. Create security awareness for employees.

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Records of 45 million+ travelers to Thailand and Malaysia surfaced in the darkweb

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2020

Records of 45 Million+ travelers to Thailand and Malaysia Leaked on #Darkweb (Blog Link) [link] #infosec #leaks #CyberSecurity pic.twitter.com/zHOujQ8CMm — Cyble (@AuCyble) July 12, 2020. The huge trove of data was discovered by the researchers during their regular Deepweb and Darkweb monitoring activity.

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QR Phishing. Fact or Fiction?

Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

October 2023’s Cyber Security Awareness Month led to a flurry of blog posts about a new attack called Quishing (QR Code phishing) and how new AI powered email gateways can potentially block these attacks. However, the same report shows that the human element accounted for 74% of data breaches. What’s the attack?

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T-Mobile Investigating Claims of Massive Data Breach

T-Mobile API Data Breach Affects 37 Million Customers

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T-Mobile suffered the second data breach in 2023

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T-Mobile Data Breach: Hackers Say They Stole 100 Million Customer Data

Mint Mobile Was Hit by a Data Breach

T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People

T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach and SIM Swapping Attacks

CashApp Customers Affected by Data Breach

Robinhood Suffered a Massive Data Breach

Hyundai suffered a data breach that impacted customers in France and Italy

79,400 MyRepublic Customers Affected by Major Data Breach

Freedom Mobile data breach impacts at least 15,000 customers

Victims of the T-Mobile 2021 Data Leak Are in Danger of Identity Theft

T-Mobile: ‘We Know How the Hacker Did It’

The phone monitoring app LetMeSpy disclosed a data breach

The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

T-Mobile Security Breach: 48.6 Million Customers Affected

T-Mobile confirms Lapsus$ had access its systems

Zee5 Platform is Once Again Affected by a Data Breach

Approov Addresses Apple Watch Security Issues

GUEST ESSAY: Lessons learned in 2021 as cloud services, mobility and cybersecurity collided

T-Mobile data breach exposed personal information of up to 2 million customers

T-Mobile API Breach – What Went Wrong?

T-Mobile and BlackBerry: More Lessons Learned the Hard Way

30 million Americans affected by the Astoria Company data breach

Threat Actors Gained Access to Google Fi Customers’ Information

Fixing Data Breaches Part 2: Data Ownership & Minimisation

Whoosh Confirms Breach as Hackers Put Data on Sale

3 Best Practices for Improving Mobile Device Security on Your Network

MY TAKE: lastwatchdog.com receives recognition as a Top 10 cybersecurity webzine in 2021

How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

GUEST ESSAY: Why rigorous vulnerability management is crucial to protecting critical systems

How to Remediate Keys and Certificates After a Data Breach

Mobile App Developers Exposed 100 Million Android Users’ Data

Are Data Breaches the New Reality for Retail?

ParkMobile Breach Leaves 21M User Data Exposed

Establishing trust in mobile payments

GUEST ESSAY: A primer on content management systems (CMS) — and how to secure them

Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

Protect yourself from Vishing Attack!!

Happy 9th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

GUEST ESSAY: Sure steps to achieve a robust employee cybersecurity awareness training regimen

Records of 45 million+ travelers to Thailand and Malaysia surfaced in the darkweb

QR Phishing. Fact or Fiction?

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