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T-Mobile Engineers Spotted Hackers Running Commands on Routers

Suspicious behavior on T-Mobile U.S. Inc.’s network devices tipped off the company to a breach that was potentially part of a sprawling cyber-espionage campaign that has raised urgent questions about the exposure of a critical sector of the economy. Jeff …

T-Mobile Caught Hackers Early, Averting Data Leak

T-Mobile US Inc. was able to contain a recent network breach before it reached customers’ phones, according to people familiar with the matter. Hackers accessed edge-routing infrastructure and gained unauthorized access to a limited number of devices, including a T-Mobile-owned-and-operated …

Allianz: 14% Increase in Large Cyber Claims, Driven by Data Breaches and Privacy Violations

Cyber claims are continuing their upwards trend over the past year, with the frequency and severity of large cyber claims up 14% and 17% year-over-year in the first half of 2024. Allianz Commercial’s annual cyber risk outlook also shows that …

Southeast Asia Scammers Stole Up to $37 Billion in 2023, UN Says

Cyber crime syndicates raked in as much as $37 billion last year and are intensifying operations across Southeast Asia despite mounting law enforcement efforts, the United Nations said. “The transnational organized crime threat landscape in Southeast Asia is evolving faster …

Marriott Makes $52M Settlement with 50 State AGs over Data Breach

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday announced a $52 million multistate settlement with Marriott International Inc. over a year’s long data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. According to a multistate investigation, one of Marriott’s subsidiaries, …

US Reaches $31.5 Million Settlement With T-Mobile Over Data Breaches

T-Mobile has reached a $31.5 million settlement to resolve a probe by the Federal Communications Commission into significant data breaches over three years that impacted tens of millions of U.S. consumers, the agency said on Monday. T-Mobile will pay a …

Dick’s Sporting Goods Discloses Unauthorized Third-Party Access to Information

Dick’s Sporting Goods said on Wednesday it discovered last week that an unauthorized third party had access to its information systems, including certain confidential data. Cyber attacks have become increasingly common with corporate companies having to engage law enforcement to …

Halliburton Probes Impact of Cyber Attack With Law Enforcement

Top U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton said on Friday it was working with law enforcement to determine the extent of a computer systems breach and was yet to determine if the incident would have a material impact on its business. …

Attorneys General Get $4.5M from Biotech Company for Breach That Exposed Health Info on Millions

New York Attorney General Letitia James and the attorneys general of Connecticut and New Jersey secured $4.5 million from Enzo Biochem Inc. for failing to safeguard the personal and private health information of its patients. Enzo is a biotechnology company …

Hacker Says AT&T Paid About $400,000 to Erase Sensitive Data

A hacker who claims to have stolen sensitive call and text logs from AT&T Inc. said they were paid about $400,000 to erase the data trove. An analysis of a Bitcoin wallet address provided by the hacker shows a transaction …