Tag: T-Mobile
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Shocking Discovery: Nearly Half of Geostationary Satellites Leak Unencrypted Military, Corporate, and T-Mobile Data
Satellite communication channels used by government agencies, military organizations, corporations, and mobile operators have become the source of a massive global data leak. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego and the University of Maryland discovered that nearly half of all geostationary satellites transmit data without any form of encryption. Over a span of…
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FCC Slams Telecom Giants with $200M Location Data Fine
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined the largest American telecommunications companies nearly $200 million for disseminating customer location data without their consent. Penalties were imposed on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon after Notices of Apparent Liability (NAL) were issued to them in February 2020 for disclosing their customers’ location information to third parties. The…
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T-Mobile’s Security Nightmare: How John Binns Hacked 40 Million Accounts
John Binns, a U.S. citizen residing in Turkey, is accused of orchestrating a hacking attack on T-Mobile, resulting in the theft of data belonging to 40 million individuals. The incident came to light in 2021. Previously, Binns had confessed to the breach, criticizing T-Mobile’s security measures as “appalling.” In his latest interview, he expressed confidence…
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Google started working with telecom operators to promote Google One
In the cooperation project with the telecommunications company T-Mobile in the United States, Google will let T-Mobile telecom users pay an extra $15 a month for unlimited Google Photos storage and even an additional 2TB of Google One online storage. Some people may think that since this is the case, why not directly pay to…
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Hackers stole detailed information of 47 million T-Mobile users
Earlier this week, a hacker claimed to have stolen the user information of up to 100 million users of the US operator T-Mobile, including much private information such as names and driver’s licenses. Later, the media contacted the hacker and obtained a data sample, which contained the user’s name, social security number, phone number, address,…
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Major U.S. network operators will close 3G networks in the next few years
At present, 5G networks have been commercially available in some countries and regions, and the withdrawal of 3G networks has begun. Some operators have already closed 3G networks. Of course, the complete withdrawal of the 3G network cannot be completed immediately. After all, there are still many underdeveloped areas relying on 2G and 3G networks…