Yesterday, it was revealed that T-Mobile was the latest victim of a massive customer data breach. T-Mo has since confirmed the report in a statement. And today, the Un-Carrier has released a blog post to give an update of the incident. T-Mobile says that they “have been working around the clock to investigate claims” on illegally accessed data. The Un-Carrier promised that they “take … [read full article]
One of our readers sent over a screenshot of a message he received from T-Mobile informing him of a “security event” under his account. The message contained a link to a website that explained the issue, to which the subscriber called customer service to ask more information about the matter. Our source informed him that while his account is 100% secure, the security event was more than his account. Unfortunately, we reached out to T-Mobile for confirmation … [read full article]
Usually when we’re talking about T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon in the same sentence, it’s because T-Mo is poking fun at its rival US carriers. This time, though, the three companies are working together on a joint venture. T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon have rolled out a new mobile security solution for consumers. Called ZenKey, it’s meant to make it easier for you to log in to apps and websites, letting you just tap a button rather than having … [read full article]
T-Mobile has been hit by another data breach. T-Mobile is now in the process of alerting customers to a malicious attack in which some customer information may have been access. On a webpage dedicated to the attack, T-Mo explains that a “sophisticated attack” was made against its email vendor that led to unauthorized access to certain T-Mobile employee email … [read full article]
After teaming up earlier this year to verify calls made between their networks, T-Mobile and Comcast have partnered up again to protect consumers from spoofers and scammers. T-Mobile, Comcast, and Inteliquent have achieved the first end-to-end STIR/SHAKEN call verification across three networks. Now calls that are routed through Inteliquent and those made directly between T-Mobile and Comcast’s Xfinity Voice landline phone service can … [read full article]
If you’re rocking a Galaxy S10 or Note 10 device, there’s an important update coming your way from Samsung. Samsung is now sending out a biometrics update to the Galaxy S10, S10+, S10 5G, Note 10, and Note 10+. It’s meant to patch a security … [read full article]
SIM hijacking is a serious problem nowadays that involves hackers tricking a wireless carrier’s customer service into giving them control of your phone number, which they can then use for other nefarious things. Today it’s been revealed that T-Mobile has a secret tool to help combat this SIM swapping attack. A T-Mobile feature called NOPORT aims to make it much more … [read full article]
Following some security and prvacy issues related to U.S. carriers selling customer location data to third-parties, an FCC commissioner has reached out to the operators for more info on the situation. FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel has sent letters to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon for details on their efforts to end their agreements with location aggregators as well as what their … [read full article]
Days after a new report came out that show that T-Mobile and other carriers were selling customer location data that could easily be bought and used by bounty hunters to track a phone’s location, T-Mobile has said that it’s working to end that practice. T-Mobile said in a statement to The … [read full article]
UPDATE: T-Mobile today sent me the following statement regarding this news: “We ended all transmission of customer data to Securus and are terminating our location aggregator agreements.” ORIGINAL: Today several U.S. carriers committed to stop selling customer location data to brokers, and now T-Mobile CEO John Legere has chimed in on the matter. Legere has said that he’s “personally evaluated” the issue involving … [read full article]
