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T-Mobile investigating report of customer data breach that reportedly involves 100 million people

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T Mobile may have suffered a customer data breach | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. T-Mobile confirmed Sunday that it’s looking into an online forum post that claims to be selling a large trove of its customers’ sensitive data. After reviewing samples of the data, Motherboard reported it appeared authentic. “We

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T-Mobile CEO calls latest data breach ‘humbling,’ claims it’s committed to security

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A recent T-Mobile data breach coughed up the information of more than 50 million people , including some who aren’t current customers or never were. This is T-Mobile’s fifth incident in four years. That includes this one, two in 2020 , plus one each for 2018 and 2019.

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100 Million T-Mobile Accounts Potentially Compromised in Data Breach

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T-Mobile is investigating a post made on an underground forum that claims 100 million user accounts have been compromised in a data breach. The hacker, who spoke with VICE's Motherboard in an online chat, said the data came from T-Mobile USA and involves "full customer info.". Hacker steals millions of T-Mobile users' info.

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

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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 personal information includes name, address, date of birth, driver's license information, and Social Security numbers. T-Mobile data breach details.

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T-Mobile says unauthorized access to its data occurred, not clear if customer info involved

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T Mobile data breach | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Following a weekend report that its servers had been breached , T-Mobile said Monday that unauthorized access to some of its data occurred, but it had not yet determined whether personal customer data was involved. “We

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Six companies dominate network traffic as speed and access grows

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telcos are investing heavily in the fixed and mobile networks, 5G trials and licenses that ensure the quality of experience which internet companies rely on. billion) in 2020, a six-year high. or territories that are investing in 5G, up from 412 operators at the end of 2020. figures from Reuters. billion euros ($59.4

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10 great games to play on your new 2020 VR headset

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Check out our app picks for iPhones , Android phones , Windows PCs , and M1-equipped Macs ; our favorite mobile games from Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass ; and our top choices for gaming PCs , the PS5 , Xbox One and Series X / S , Nintendo Switch , and VR. We’ve rounded up our favorite and most-used games, apps, and entertainment.