Around 37 million T-Mobile customers recently had their personal information compromised in the company's second major hack in less than two years, the company said Thursday, adding hackers were able to access customers' names, addresses and dates of birth but not highly sensitive financial ...
T-Mobile breached by hackers as 37 million customers impacted - ABC News
T-Mobile says they discovered a "bad actor" was taking information through a single application, according to an SEC filing by the company this week.
"The preliminary result from our investigation indicates that the bad actor(s) obtained data from this API for approximately 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts, though many of these accounts did not include the full data set," the SEC filing dated Jan. 19 says.
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A flaw in the control systems of server motherboards means they can be tricked into revealing sensitive data to a hacker or even destroying themselves.
A computer’s motherboard, or circuit board, hosts many of its key components and allows communication between them.
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On the morning of January 11, the Federal Aviation Administration halted all airline takeoffs in the U.S. because of a glitch in a software system critical to flight safety. "There is no evidence of a cyberattack at this point," said the White House press secretary.
Those are fair questions, given that in 2015 it took the FAA two months to disclose that hackers had planted malware in one of its computer networks. The federal government keeps tight wraps on what it knows about threats to American businesses and individuals.
New 'Hook' Android malware lets hackers remotely control your phone
A new Android malware named 'Hook' is being sold by cybercriminals, boasting it can remotely take over mobile devices in real-time using VNC (virtual network computing).
The new malware is promoted by the creator of Ermac , an Android banking trojan selling for $5,000/month that helps threat actors steal credentials from over 467 banking and crypto apps via overlaid login pages.
Fewer Companies Are Paying Ransoms to Hackers, Researchers Say
Fewer companies that are infected with ransomware are coughing up extortion payments demanded by hackers, according to new research from Chainalysis Inc.
In findings published on Thursday, the blockchain forensics firm estimated that ransom payments — which are almost always paid in cryptocurrency — fell to $456.8 million in 2022 from $765.6 million in 2021, a 40% drop.
How these hackers accessed information at 7 automakers | Automotive News Europe
A group of white hat hackers cracked customer and back-end operations of a variety of automakers, including BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar-Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Rolls-Royce.
The latest round of vulnerabilities gave the hackers access to detailed customer information and internal administrative functions that was not disclosed until earlier this month because of a self-imposed 90-day moratorium, Sam Curry, a U.S.-based security engineer, told Automotive News.
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Hackers are also skipping the inbox altogether by moving to other digital platforms where there are fewer corporate monitoring tools in place to catch them.
Hackers are also learning how to bypass dual-factor authentication protections — by stealing these one-time codes.
Breaking: T-Mobile said hackers stole data on about 37 million customers, including birth dates and billing address… https://t.co/uwckGp9gl0 WSJ (from New York, NY) Thu Jan 19 22:14:06 +0000 2023
T-Mobile said on Thursday that a hacker had collected data, including names, birth dates and phone numbers, from 37… https://t.co/7yozCc3bKL nytimes (from New York City) Fri Jan 20 02:00:07 +0000 2023
NEW 🚨 T-Mobile says data of 37 million customers hacked https://t.co/pN24Hm174y TheInsiderPaper (from Global) Fri Jan 20 09:47:56 +0000 2023
NEW: T-Mobile got hacked, again. It's the eight time since 2018. https://t.co/wjvxPmJKkm https://t.co/oBagtZJX6O lorenzofb (from lorenzo@techcrunch.com) Thu Jan 19 22:38:39 +0000 2023
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