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New T-Mobile Breach Affects 37 Million Accounts

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T-Mobile today disclosed a data breach affecting tens of millions of customer accounts, its second major data exposure in as many years. In a filing with federal regulators, T-Mobile said an investigation determined that someone abused its systems to harvest subscriber data tied to approximately 37 million current customer accounts.

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U.K. Arrest in ‘SMS Bandits’ Phishing Service

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Authorities in the United Kingdom have arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly operating an online service for sending high-volume phishing campaigns via mobile text messages. ” SMS Bandits offered an SMS phishing (a.k.a. Image: osint.fans. “But on the telecom front they were using fairly sophisticated tactics.”

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PayPal Phishing Scam Uses Invoices Sent Via PayPal

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The missives — which come from Paypal.com and include a link at Paypal.com that displays an invoice for the supposed transaction — state that the user’s account is about to be charged hundreds of dollars. ” A copy of the phishing message included in the PayPal.com invoice.

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Why You Should Opt Out of Sharing Data With Your Mobile Provider

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A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of information about where you go and what you do with your mobile device — unless and until you affirmatively opt out of this data collection.

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

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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. T-Mobile hasn’t yet responded to requests for clarification regarding how many of the 7.8

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SMS About Bank Fraud as a Pretext for Voice Phishing

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KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader who said his daughter received an SMS that said it was from her bank, and inquired whether she’d authorized a $5,000 payment from her account. Since this seemed like a reasonable and simple request — and she indeed had an account at the bank in question — she responded, “NO.”

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T-Mobile spills billing information to other customers

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Some T-Mobile customers logged into their accounts on Wednesday to find another customer’s billing and account information showing on their online dashboards. T-Mobile denied there was an attack, but confirmed there had been a data leak. “There was no cyberattack or breach at T-Mobile. .

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