Posted on 04/08/2015 3:12:58 PM PDT by blueyon
AT&T settles with FCC over customer data that was stolen from data centers overseas and used to unlock stolen mobile phones. AT&T has reached a $25 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over stolen customer data from three international call centers.
The data breaches took place at contracted call centers in Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines, and involved the unauthorized disclosure of almost 280,000 U.S. customers' names, full or partial Social Security numbers and unauthorized access to protected account-related data. The FCC said the information obtained from these breaches was used to unlock codes for stolen phones. Workers at these call centers also sold this information to third parti
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The muthah of all bells...
yes once these 3rd world call center “techies” learn the tricks all bets are off.....
Will any of this money actually go to the affected customers? Didn’t think so.
Seriously, who do you think will pay that fine. The stockholders? Ha ha.
Can someone please explain to me how AT&T paying the FCC helps the consumers who were effected by this? (and yes, it’s rhetorical)
Less then $100 per customer, and the customer doesn’t get the money.
Glad that got resolved...
As an AT&T customer I’ll be looking for my check.....
What will the NSA’s fine be?
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