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T-Mobile investigating hack that affected 37 million customer accounts

GeekWire

(GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) T-Mobile disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that a hacker obtained data from about 37 million customer accounts using an API, or application programming interface. 25, and T-Mobile identified the bad actor Jan. The Bellevue, Wash.-based The hack started on or around Nov.

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A hacker claims to be selling data on over 100 million T-Mobile customers; the company says it is investigating

TechSpot

According to a Motherboard report, the data comes from compromised T-Mobile servers and includes information on social security numbers, phone numbers, names, physical addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver licenses. The publication has verified it contains accurate information on T-Mobile customers.

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Unity’s Marc Whitten shares apology note following backlash to controversial licensing policies

GeekWire

(LinkedIn Photo) After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or rollback many of the changes it had planned to make to the licensing agreements for its game engine Unity. Unity, which has an office in Bellevue, Wash., Unity, which has an office in Bellevue, Wash.,

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Nintendo is shutting down its Dr. Mario mobile game

The Verge

Nintendo has announced that Dr. Mario World , a mobile take on the puzzle game series, will go out of service on November 1st, with sales of its in-app “diamond” currency ending today. Mobile games still account for a tiny portion of Nintendo’s overall earnings; last year the company attributed just 3.24

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

The Verge

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

The Verge

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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T-Mobile data breach exposed the personal info of more than 47 million people

The Verge

T-Mobile has released more information about its most recent data breach , and while the company’s findings fall short of the reported 100 million records, the numbers are staggering. In its last earnings report ( PDF ), T-Mobile said it had over 104 million customers. T-Mobile found out about the breach based on a forum post.

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