We’ve long heard of stories of wireless carriers getting hacked and discovering it too late. This time, however, it’s time to give credit where it is due: T-Mobile was able to catch a cyberattack in progress and shut it down before customer records could be accessed. As reported by Bloomberg, the Un-carrier got to detect suspicious activity. True enough, they caught the cyber criminals before they had … [read full article]
Update (11/16/24 8:18 pm EST): T-Mobile sent us a statement regarding this report: “T-Mobile is closely monitoring this industry-wide attack. Due to our security controls, network structure and diligent monitoring and response we have seen no significant impacts to T-Mobile systems or data. We have no evidence of access or exfiltration of any customer or other sensitive information as other companies may have experienced. We will continue to monitor this closely, working with industry peers and the … [read full article]
Earlier today, T-Mobile announced that it had signed a partnership agreement with Lumen Technologies. Along with the announcement, the two revealed that their joint wireless access service is now available through General Services Administration’s 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle program. Starting today, government agencies now have access to Lumen’s edge computing platform over T-Mobile’s 5G network. This allows them to rapidly deploy wireless access service for mission critical applications and field sites throughout the … [read full article]
T-Mobile and Lumen Technologies have just announced that they will be working together to expand their relationship. They intend to do this by making the most out of T-Mo’s 5G mobile network to augment the Edge Computing platform of Lumen Technologies. As a result, the partnership will be able to “help enterprises effectively build, manage and scale applications across highly distributed environments.” The collaboration will be beneficial for T-Mobile since they will be a preferred wireless connectivity … [read full article]
